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List:       koffice
Subject:    RE: KOffice websites (another possible design)
From:       "Alexander N. Kanaev" <alexander.kanaev () interped ! su ! se>
Date:       1999-07-28 8:26:02
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hi everyone,
nice design, Jeremy. Maybe it would be better if, with 2 different versions
by now, we combine our efforts as by now, it looks quite clear what the aim
is (and what the design preferences are =).

Pros:
-nice design, very close to KDE main site
- simple, clean structure, visible at one
comments:
- I run at 1152x864 resolution, and the menus till doesn't fit. The leftover
is the 'supporting Koffice' (hehehe)Maybe collapsable/expandable (what's the
word?) menus are better? At least they give the choice to go straight where
you want to, and still see all the possibilities. Sure, it's a problem of
screen space versus speed... Small screens -> better scroll down, high
speed -> better click to go to another page. I am of the last ones (OC3
here), so I definitively vote for an extra page... but I know that for
people with modems /slow connections it's better not to multiply pages;
- in IE5, I don't get any black boxes... but the picture(s) at the top are a
bit confusing. Sure it's something that can be redone any moment, but the
snapshot from Kword (i presume) looks too much like a button (with the
'choose template' text.
- last, but not least, is that, according to last weeks discussion, I have
clearly understood that KFM complience is a must. Correct me on this one if
I am wrong =)

One idea would be to put the main menus (Installing, Components, Contact
info - on the top below the picture, and the su-topics - on the left part

Cheerz people

Alex


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeremy Blosser [mailto:jblosser@firinn.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 1999 3:25 AM
> To: koffice@max.tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de
> Subject: Re: KOffice websites (another possible design)
>
>
> Jeremy Blosser [jblosser@firinn.org] wrote:
> > I'm hoping to find time today to work up another possible design,
>
> Wasn't able to get to it til today, but here it is:
>
> 	http://koffice.cymry.org/
>
> If you're using KFM, you won't /quite/ get the full effect (though it
> should work just fine regardless), see
>
> 	http://koffice.cymry.org/netscape_shot.png
>
> to see the "pretty" version.
>
> None of the links work, so don't bother.  Exception is the "KDE" link in
> the text body.  This is just to show the idea.  I envsion the sub pages
> looking just like the first page, with the same sidebar and everything
> (hopefully using SSI to save some space, but doesn't have to be).
>  Possibly
> could also have the top graphic change to just show KWord shots on the
> KWord page, etc.
>
> The navbar links are from Joel's posted sitemap.  The icons are from the
> CVS.  All the graphics (logo, screenshots, icons) are mostly there to show
> the idea and can certainly be replaced with newer/more official ones.
>
> Things I like about this design:
> - It's simple, clean and professional looking, IMO.
> - It dynamically adjusts to fit the width of their screen (try it).
> - It's easy to navigate like the existing framed version, but doesn't use
>   frames.
>
> Things I don't like:
> - It does use the one CSS element, which KFM can't see.  I did have this
>   just as a <td background=""> tag, but KFM can't do that either and it's
>   not a valid tag in HTML 4.0 so I just did it the CSS way.  I think it
>   looks fine anyway in KFM without.
> - It's a bit big, but still very manageable (and smaller than most
>   comparable sites).  The largest element is the top graphic and
> that loads
>   last, so people don't have to wait for it.
> - It doesn't use the logo from the current KOffice site, which I think is
>   somewhat official.  The colors and design didn't really work with what I
>   wanted to try.  How tied are we to that logo?  If it's a done deal, we
>   should probably just design around that.
>
> Other comments?
>
> --
> Jeremy Blosser   |   jblosser@firinn.org   |   http://jblosser.firinn.org/
> -----------------+-------------------------+------------------------------
> "Would you fight to the death, for that which you love?
>                    In a cause surely hopeless ...for that which you love?"
>                                              -- D. McKiernan, _Dragondoom_
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