Just my own personal preference, but on the main page I'd put the software listing on the left and the news on the right. Some piece of software is likely to be what the user is looking for and that's the first place they'll look. If they want to see what's new they can read the rest of the page. I like the graphics, simple but slick.
Anthony -----Original Message----- From: Stefano Mazzocchi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2001 10:07 AM To: Apache XML Subject: Forrest Layout version 1.3 Hi people, I spent some time on the forrest layout and reached a layout that appears promising. The goals were: 1) visual coherence 2) simplicity 3) density of information, but without sacrificing readability 4) gives a proper graphical identity to the site 5) modular and extensible 6) impose the least possible limits to the nesting of the information 7) highly resizable (readable on 640x480) 8) color-blind friendly (luminance is associated with information, not crominance) 9) fast to download and to render (reduce graphics to the bare minimum) 10) high contract on content sections (black/white) 11) intuitive navigation up to the very last nesting level 12) media-specific formats (single-page|paginated|print-friendly) 13) made for newbies You find the screenshots at http://www.apache.org/~stefano/forrest/1.3/ where home.gif ----> the site home page page.gif ----> a paginated page very deep in the nesting hierarchy NOTE: the work is far from being done. there are a number of things that are yet to do and I think the homepage still needs lots of work on the software presentation area since I don't like the fact that crosses the 'fold' of the page (means that you have to scroll to see all the sofware). Comments and suggestions will be very welcome. Ciao. -- Stefano Mazzocchi One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Friedrich Nietzsche -------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- In case of troubles, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- In case of troubles, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
