Looks real nice. Much cleaner. And I must say the idea of the opinions page sounds great.
Bill On Tuesday 02 April 2002 09:35 am, Douglas J Hunley wrote: > The new "snapshot" of the developing site redesign is up. The following > concerns have been addresses: > 1. the javascript windows resize is gone. It wasn't intended to be a > part of the site. I was using it to help me gauge window sizes, table > alignments, and font spacing. > 2. the frame borders are invisible. they were only visible to illustrate > the layout to Net Llama. I didn't know he was going to tell everyone > about the url ;) > 3. the middle frame has been absorbed into another frame much like the > current site. I never cared for having it seperate. I just made it that > way so that I could keep track of the many required elements. > 4. the "2 words per row" between the two tables has been fixed. however, > this means that the minimum browser window size is slightly larger (if > you don't want to have to scroll the site) > > Frames are still there. I don't care for them that much either, but the > main focus for right now is the design itself. How we do the layout can > be worked out after we have a "final" design. > > NOTE: The images on the site with the penguin are temporary. But the > general look is probably going to stay. (beach, books, some kind of > beverage) I've asked Burns to generate some new Dr Tux images whenever > he gets some time. > > There's still a ton of 404 errors. It is intentional. There is no sense > in copying all that content around when the focus right now is the > "face" of the site. > > There is nothing I can do about the white on white in the store. I've > sent a request up to the site admin (the store is one of those > co-partner things). The jury is still out on whether the final site will > have a store or not. Opinions? > > You'll also note the opinions link. This will take you to a beta site of > a concept that we are kicking around. Essentially, what we were hoping > to achieve was a place where you (the user) can go to look up reviews > (written by your peers in the community) of different hardware or > software or distros. think epinions.com meets the linux hardware > compatibility list meets the steps. The site will also have relevant > links to SxS content. For example, you go to the opinion site and lookup > cd-r drives. It will present you with a link to the relevant SxS > material on cd-r drives, and will also show what cd-r drives have been > reviewed by the community. the reviews will tell the make and model, the > success, what kernel, what distro, overall rating of the drive, etc. > That way you can see "oh look. lite-on drives work well with linux. acer > ones dont. guess I wont be buying that acer drive at best buy after > all". There are very few reports in the system right now. If you get a > chance, create a login and start generating reports. Try to break it. > Then send me whatever errors messages/issues/ideas/etc you encounter. > > The url is still http://hunley.homeip.net/sxs/ _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
