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

From: Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 11:32:07 +0000
Subject: Re: Usability and visual issues with prototype.php.net
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Done. Levi; Please verify that nothing breaks with the old layout when modifying markup and generic css files :) -Hannes On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 06:40, Stewart Lord <stewey@ambitious.ca> wrote: > 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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