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

From: Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 05:40:56 +0000
Subject: Re: Usability and visual issues with prototype.php.net
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Hannes, what do you think about giving Levi access to do some work on the prototype? On Feb 23, 2012, at 6:03 PM, Levi Morrison wrote: > 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 >>> > > -- > PHP Webmaster List Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >

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