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Subject: Re: Our new Main page of wiki
From: "Geoff Ruscoe" <gcruscoe () sigmavisions ! com>
Date: 2008-05-01 18:10:01
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Uhhhmm, yes that was very offensive (I can't speak for Brenda) but
definitely offensive...
But only between the
It's not just the titles that are awkward
and the
a little ridiculous
So I wouldn't take it personally.
On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 1:35 PM, Nick Guenther <kousue@gmail.com> wrote:
> It's not just the titles that are awkward, all the text sounds kind of
> awkward. Brenda, don't be offended at this, but your first language is
> not English is it? Perhaps you should leave the content of the
> consumer-facing pages (at least, the ones that are in english) to
> someone who has English intuition. I know, Openmoko is supposed to be
> about Openness, but this is a little ridiculous.
>
> On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 11:24 PM, Brenda Wang <brenda_wang@openmoko.com>
> wrote:
> > Here is the design environment I used.
> > Attached file is the the look of main page design.
> > My resolution is 1024*768
> > Under Windows XP IE 6.0, Mac salaries will look like the attached
> > file.(1024*768 windows )
> > Under Linux Firefox 2.0.0.13/Mac Firefox 3.1, the title will turn to
> > black. (My setting is use the default color)
> > The wiki skin I used is Openmoko (default).
> >
> > Brenda
> >
> >
> >
> > Flemming Richter Mikkelsen wrote:
> >
> > > On 4/18/08, Bastian Muck <bastian.muck@gmx.de> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> > > > Hash: SHA1
> > > >
> > > > Too big? Which resolution do you use? 300x200? Ok, with 1920x1200
> many
> > > > things can be too small (specially flash videos and fixed sized hps)
> but
> > I
> > > > think this is also in an usual resolution too small.The solution to
> make
> > it
> > > > bigger at my browser is not the right way i think. Many people don't
> > have
> > > > good eyes and they should also can read the menu.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > This is a compromise between too big and including people which use
> > > too high resolution. If you have this big resolution, and you don't
> > > have any problems on other web pages, you don't have a problem here,
> > > right?
> > >
> > > Adjusting the font size is easy (ctrl-+), except if you use IE (you
> > > have to go on View -> Text size -> Largest if you use IE).
> > >
> > > Some people use special glasses when they use the computer... you
> > > cannot expect this wiki to use 24pt text. People like to see more than
> > > just a few words at a time. I want to see the whole page without
> > > horizontal scrolling and the whole index table without vertical
> > > scrolling. I think I am not the only one.
> > >
> > > I do not have larger resolution that 800x600 here (very little
> > > screen), and really hate too large fonts.
> > >
> > > That is just my opinion.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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> > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
> >
> >
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--
Geoff Ruscoe
Sigma Visions Computer Consulting
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Uhhhmm, yes that was very offensive (I can't speak for Brenda) but definitely \
offensive...<br><br>But only between the<br>It's not just the titles that are \
awkward<br>and the<br>a little ridiculous<br><br>So I wouldn't take it \
personally.<br> <br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 1:35 PM, \
Nick Guenther <<a href="mailto:kousue@gmail.com">kousue@gmail.com</a>> \
wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, \
204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> It's not just the titles \
that are awkward, all the text sounds kind of<br> awkward. Brenda, don't be \
offended at this, but your first language is<br> not English is it? Perhaps you \
should leave the content of the<br> consumer-facing pages (at least, the ones that \
are in english) to<br> someone who has English intuition. I know, Openmoko is \
supposed to be<br> about Openness, but this is a little ridiculous.<br>
<br>
On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 11:24 PM, Brenda Wang <<a \
href="mailto:brenda_wang@openmoko.com">brenda_wang@openmoko.com</a>> wrote:<br> \
> Here is the design environment I used.<br> > Attached file is the the \
look of main page design.<br> > My resolution is 1024*768<br>
> Under Windows XP IE 6.0, Mac salaries will look like the \
attached<br> > file.(1024*768 windows )<br>
> Under Linux Firefox <a href="http://2.0.0.13/Mac" \
target="_blank">2.0.0.13/Mac</a> Firefox 3.1, the title will turn \
to<br> > black. (My setting is use the default color)<br>
> The wiki skin I used is Openmoko (default).<br>
><br>
> Brenda<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> Flemming Richter Mikkelsen wrote:<br>
><br>
> > On 4/18/08, Bastian Muck <<a \
href="mailto:bastian.muck@gmx.de">bastian.muck@gmx.de</a>> wrote:<br> > \
><br> > ><br>
> > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----<br>
> > > Hash: SHA1<br>
> > ><br>
> > > Too big? Which resolution do you use? 300x200? Ok, with 1920x1200 \
many<br> > > > things can be too small (specially flash videos and fixed \
sized hps) but<br> > I<br>
> > > think this is also in an usual resolution too small.The solution to \
make<br> > it<br>
> > > bigger at my browser is not the right way i think. Many people \
don't<br> > have<br>
> > > good eyes and they should also can read the menu.<br>
> > ><br>
> > ><br>
> > ><br>
> ><br>
> > This is a compromise between too big and including people which use<br>
> > too high resolution. If you have this big resolution, and you don't<br>
> > have any problems on other web pages, you don't have a problem \
here,<br> > > right?<br>
> ><br>
> > Adjusting the font size is easy (ctrl-+), except if you use IE (you<br>
> > have to go on View -> Text size -> Largest if you use IE).<br>
> ><br>
> > Some people use special glasses when they use the computer... you<br>
> > cannot expect this wiki to use 24pt text. People like to see more than<br>
> > just a few words at a time. I want to see the whole page without<br>
> > horizontal scrolling and the whole index table without vertical<br>
> > scrolling. I think I am not the only one.<br>
> ><br>
> > I do not have larger resolution that 800x600 here (very little<br>
> > screen), and really hate too large fonts.<br>
> ><br>
> > That is just my opinion.<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
><br>
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> <a href="mailto:community@lists.openmoko.org">community@lists.openmoko.org</a><br>
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target="_blank">http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community</a><br> ><br>
><br>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Geoff Ruscoe<br>Sigma Visions \
Computer Consulting
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