2 Mar
2012
2 Mar
'12
11:55 a.m.
On 03/01/2012 02:30 PM, Ecaterina Moraru (Valica) wrote:
Hi,
Thank you all for your comments.
- Regarding font-size: The resolution problem is not just for this design
but for all the pages that are on xwiki.org and even on any other page on
the web. Using a big resolution mean that you will have small icons, small
fonts, etc.
Not really. It's all about the relative sizes: when you have big
resolution, indeed, in actual size (if you put a ruler on the screen to
measure) they are small(er) but they still can be bigger or smaller than
other things that you see on your screen (e.g. other sites, the size of
the heading 1 on a "regular" xwiki page, etc). e.g. I have a small
resolution 1366x800 and they're still smaller than a regular xwiki page
for me.
We don't say here that we don't understand why fonts are small when we
have big resolution, or why is there a big central area when the screen
is wide, we're just wondering whether we could explore some
possibilities / tricks to make it less "ugly" or "bothering" when it
happens.
Thanks,
Anca
Using @media queries is very easy to adapt the
resolution and
make it bigger, but is this what the user wants? He uses a big resolution
on purpose, so maybe he doesn't want people to mess up with his
preferences.
Another nice thing about this proposal is that is uses a relative unit for
the font size. The user can use the zoom option of his browser and adjust
to the size he wants.
- Regarding a fixed width for the content: It would have been so much easy
for me to have a fixed width layout for the whole site, so many
extensibility problems (regarding sizes, layout, flow, alignment, images)
would have been solved much easier for me.
First of all you can't have a fixed width just for the Homepage because it
would look awkward.
Second, xwiki.org contains lots of documentation pages that have lots of
text and allowing this text to take all the space it needs is a good
thing.
Also especially since there are so many resolutions available now it would
be a pity to have just a 980px container of documentation text and the rest
to be just white space. When I'm saying this I am referring especially to
xwiki.org scope as a documentation site.
- Regarding the "Download XWiki" visibility: a solution would be to have
Slide2 as the first slide in the carousel, making it more visible this way.
Thanks,
Caty
On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 12:47, Fabio Mancinelli
<fabio.mancinelli(a)xwiki.com>wrote;wrote:
Very nice Caty!
I have some remarks though...
* Shouldn't there be a prominent and always visibile "Download XWiki"
button somewhere?
* I've noticed that all the current blog posts are really just release
announcements... As Paul said, it's a bit monothematic. I am not sure
that such a big space should be dedicated to this kind information. If
it's just release announcements we might find a better way to use this
space.
* I also agree with Paul and Sorin about the fact that's a bit
overcrowded and fonts are too small (which goes a bit against the
"mainstream" way for building sites, i.e., with big fonts, buttons and
minimal text). Keep in mind that I am on 1920x1080 as well.
-Fabio
On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 10:03 PM, Ecaterina Moraru (Valica)
<valicac(a)gmail.com> wrote:
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I've been working for a new XWiki.org homepage. You can find it live at
http://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/XWikiOrgCode/WebHome
Static screenshots at:
Slide1<
http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/download/Improvements/XWikiOrgHomepa…
,
Slide2<
http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/download/Improvements/XWikiOrgHomepa…
,
Slide3<
http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/download/Improvements/XWikiOrgHomepa…
Any feedback regarding this work is welcomed.
I'm asking for your vote to make this proposal the default homepage for
XWiki.org.
This is my +1.
Thanks,
Caty
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