Re: Clutter away!

On 28 February 2010 22:35, Jordi Boggiano <j.boggiano@seld.be> wrote: > Heya, > > I took upon myself to try and restart the whole redesign thing since it > seems to have died off (again :/) and I very much hate the current > php.net site and I would love to see a new version make it's way there > one day. > > Anyway, I made some changes to the content area since this didn't get > much love yet, you can see it there > http://ip.seld.be/php.net-redesign/ > (home hosting, be patient), for reference the current version is still > hosted as http://prototype.php.net/ in case anyone > forgot/missed it. > > List of changes : > - Clutter removal: prev/next function links, lang nav blah that didn't > seem used, function name above user notes, last updated date, basically > stuff that is not useful and is there because some coding nerd thought > it was a great feature 10 years ago, I guess. > > - Styling of user notes, notes and warnings, with I believe meaningful > colors. I kinda like the blue for the user notes, it stands out quite a > bit so when scanning the page you clearly see where the docs end and > where the user notes maze starts. > > - Link on the h1/function name > > - W3C validation > > If approved, please grant karma to my seld user and I'll commit. > > And in any case, I hope the work on this will be resumed and please > let's try to honor the PROTOTYPE_2010 name of the branch and get this > baby out by end of year ! > > Cheers, > Jordi > > I really like the coloured bars over the notes (yellow) and warnings (red). Is it possible to be more fluid in the layout? I have a wide display and the vast majority of the screen is white space. Allowing the user notes to float up to the right of the main content would be ideal for me. Also when it comes to printing pages, having a choice to show user notes or not would be ideal also. http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/present/styles.html#h-14.3.1 provides the mechanism to allow multiple style sheets. I'm not sure if you can attach the media="print" attribute to these and still have them working? WIth the increased use of small screen devices, I also think style sheets for media="handheld" should be looked at. And of course, the accessibility issues for screen readers. Regards, Richard. -- ----- Richard Quadling "Standing on the shoulders of some very clever giants!" EE : http://www.experts-exchange.com/M_248814.html EE4Free : http://www.experts-exchange.com/becomeAnExpert.jsp Zend Certified Engineer : http://zend.com/zce.php?c=ZEND002498&r=213474731 ZOPA : http://uk.zopa.com/member/RQuadling