Re: Updated Home Page Mockup

On 29 June 2011 16:20, Stewart Lord <stewey@ambitious.ca> wrote: > > On 2011-06-29, at 5:24 AM, Richard Quadling wrote: > >> Looking really nice. >> >> How feasible is it to have the layout capable of filling wide >> displays. I run on 3940x1080 (2x1920 monitors). As such, the >> whitespace on most sites is HUGE. >> >> I've cut'n'chopped mock-3c.png. Not perfect, but the general idea ... >> >> http://imagebin.org/160554 > > > Thanks Richard! I feel pretty strongly that the home page should be built for a fixed width > (~960px). We've put some effort into making it look nice. Allowing things to stretch out and > move around ruins the layout in my opinion. > > If other pages stretch out (like the manual), I don't mind so much. > > Stew So ~50% screen wastage. Having said that, do we have metrics on what users are actually using? Google Analytics or equivalent? Being able to aggregate that by the various mirrors would give a good view of what the users are using and how their geography affects things - if it does. -- Richard Quadling Twitter : EE : Zend : PHPDoc @RQuadling : e-e.com/M_248814.html : bit.ly/9O8vFY : bit.ly/lFnVea