Re: Usability and visual issues with prototype.php.net
| From: | Peter Cowburn | Date: | Fri, 24 Feb 2012 13:35:46 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Usability and visual issues with prototype.php.net | ||
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On 23 February 2012 22:56, 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 patch and suggested changes look great to me, so I'm happy enough for
it to get committed. Thanks for taking the time to take this little step
forward, Levi. +1 for giving Levi karma to commit this himself.
> 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
>
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