I think it's a matter of personal taste. I quite like a list, and many web UIs are lists, though normally with a little metadata or file attributes.(sourceforge and github come to mind).
Anyway, no big deal. Haveagoodweekend :) S. On Friday, July 9, 2010, Paul Ruizendaal <[email protected]> wrote: > Hmmm.... > > It seems to me that the default behaviour of IE7 and IE8 is to use quirks > mode ("compatibility view" in MS speak) for pages fetched from the local > network ("content from the intranet" in MS speak) and then displays a list > rather then a grid. > > Whilst I have no love for IE, I think it is a poor idea for fossil to look > bad when users first try it (most likely via doing "fossil ui"). Granted, > usage of IE among the target user base of fossil (developers) is perhaps as > low as 25%, but that is still a quarter of all potential users. > > Paul > > On Fri, 9 Jul 2010 00:05:28 +0100, Stephen De Gabrielle > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi, a little thing that bugs me sometimes is the use of a table for > files. >> >> Below is an example of using >> style="-moz-column-width:10em; -webkit-column-width:10em; column-width: >> 10em; column-fill: balance;" >> to put the list in whatever 10em columns fit across the page. >> >> Old browsers will just give a list, and newer ones give reasonable > results. >> >> Just a suggestion. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Stephen >> >> -- >> <html><head/><body> >> >> <ul style="-moz-column-width:10em; -webkit-column-width:10em; >> column-width: >> 10em; column-fill: balance;"> >> <li><a href="http://www.fossil-scm.org/index.html/dir?name=art >> ">art/</a></li> >> <li><a href="http://www.fossil-scm.org/index.html/dir?name=debian >> ">debian/</a></li> >> <li><a href="http://www.fossil-scm.org/index.html/dir?name=src >> ">src/</a></li> >> <li><a href="http://www.fossil-scm.org/index.html/dir?name=test >> ">test/</a></li> >> <li><a href="http://www.fossil-scm.org/index.html/dir?name=tools >> ">tools/</a></li> >> <li><a href="http://www.fossil-scm.org/index.html/dir?name=www >> ">www/</a></li> >> <li><a href="http://www.fossil-scm.org/index.html/finfo?name=BUILD.txt >> ">BUILD.txt</a> >> </li><li><a href=" >> http://www.fossil-scm.org/index.html/finfo?name=COPYRIGHT-BSD2.txt >> ">COPYRIGHT-BSD2.txt</a> >> </li><li><a href=" >> http://www.fossil-scm.org/index.html/finfo?name=COPYRIGHT-GPL2.txt >> ">COPYRIGHT-GPL2.txt</a> >> </li><li><a > href="http://www.fossil-scm.org/index.html/finfo?name=Makefile >> ">Makefile</a> >> </li><li><a href=" >> http://www.fossil-scm.org/index.html/finfo?name=Makefile.w32 >> ">Makefile.w32</a> >> </li><li><a >> href="http://www.fossil-scm.org/index.html/finfo?name=ci_cvs.txt >> ">ci_cvs.txt</a></li> >> <li><a > href="http://www.fossil-scm.org/index.html/finfo?name=ci_fossil.txt >> ">ci_fossil.txt</a> >> </li><li><a href=" >> http://www.fossil-scm.org/index.html/finfo?name=cvs2fossil.txt >> ">cvs2fossil.txt</a> >> </li><li><a >> href="http://www.fossil-scm.org/index.html/finfo?name=fossil.nsi >> ">fossil.nsi</a> >> </li><li><a > href="http://www.fossil-scm.org/index.html/finfo?name=ideas.txt >> ">ideas.txt</a> >> </li><li><a href=" >> > <http://www.fossil-scm.org/index.html/finfo?name=kktodo.wiki>_______________________________________________ > fossil-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users > -- -- Stephen De Gabrielle [email protected] Telephone +44 (0)20 85670911 Mobile +44 (0)79 85189045 http://www.degabrielle.name/stephen _______________________________________________ fossil-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users
