Re: Usability and visual issues with prototype.php.net

From: Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 02:03:25 +0000
Subject: Re: Usability and visual issues with prototype.php.net
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Stew, I would appreciate the karma. I imagine there are a lot of things I could improve. I'd like to know how communication on the project is currently being done. I used php-webmasters as a starting point because I knew it would get to where it needs to go. I already have documentation karma, in case it matters to anyone. Levi Morrison On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 6:47 PM, Stewart Lord <stewey@ambitious.ca> wrote: > Hi Levi, thanks for the feedback. We're looking for people to drive the prototype to > completion. I was previously working on it, but have been too busy to contribute lately. > > If you were keen, I imagine we could get you karma to commit changes directly. > > Stew > > > On 2012-02-23, at 2:56 PM, Levi Morrison <morrison.levi@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I have discovered some usability and visual issues with the prototype >> website (http://prototype.php.net). Full explanation and proposed fixes >> with patch are in the bug report (https://bugs.php.net/id/61174). >> The issues without details are included below: >> >>   1. The documentation left-sidebar steals the attention. >>   2. Section headers and parameter items have the wrong visual priority. >>   3. Main navigation should go over the rest of the page instead of >>       pushing the rest of the page down. >>   4. User-contributed notes are difficult to read because of background. >>   5. Documentation sidebar spacing is inconsistent. >>   6. Border-radius inconsistency. >>   7. Borders on method synopsis and code examples are inconsistent >>   8. Too much vertical padding on the section boxes. >>   9. The parameters in method synopsis are clickable but it is not >>       visually expressed. >> 10. The bar between user contributed notes and the documentation >>       doesn't match the page. >> >> You can see high-resolution screen-shots for my proposed changes and >> how it currently looks at http://imgur.com/a/t6gz4 >> >> Levi Morrison >> >> -- >> PHP Webmaster List Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >>

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