[Gimp-web] New page layout and new menu

[Henrik Brix Andersen]

On Thu, 2003-08-28 at 14:23, Raphaël Quinet wrote:
> I worked a bit on a new page layout that should be better for
> text-based browsers (bug #120667) and for Netscape 4.x (bug #119759).
> While I was at it, I also changed the structure of the menu a bit.  I
> started with the last proposal from scizzo, but I re-organized the
> menu a bit and introduced some indented elements in the menu like on
> the developers site.

Great :)

> Please have a look at this test page:
>   http://www.gimp.org/~raphael/web-gimp/mmmaybe/newlayout.html
> Compare it with the original version:
>   http://mmmaybe.gimp.org/unix/

Looks good in Mozilla-1.4, Mozilla-Firebird-0.6.1, Lynx-2.8.4rel1.

> The changes include:
> - Support text-based browsers by providing them with a nicer layout
>   for the menu, and the opportunity to skip the menu and jump to the
>   page contents (so that you do not have to go through all the links
>   one by one).  This is based in part on the suggestions from Stefan
>   Huszics in bug #120667.  Take a look at my test page using Lynx,
>   Links or w3m and you will see how it works.

Good job - wish more sites had this kind of "skip to contents" links...

> - Better support for Netscape 4.x.  The pages are still looking bad in
>   this old and broken browser, but at least it should now be possible
>   to navigate the site instead of having the navigation menu hidden
>   under other layers because of the incorrect CSS handling of this old
>   browser.  This should fix bug #119759.

I haven't had the opportunity to test with older netscape versions - but
I take your word for it.

> - A bit of (optional) Dynamic HTML: it is now possible to hide the
>   menu if you want to have more room for the contents of the page.
>   Just click on the little image in the corner of the menu.  This can
>   be useful for those who prefer "vertical" browser windows.

Nice feature - I suggest we use this on wgo.

> - Removed "extended.css".  Is this used anywhere?

I might be wrong - but isn't this used in /admin/* among other places?

> - Renamed "default.css" to "wgo.css".  Added "wgo.js".

Right.

> - Re-ordered and indented some elements in the menu.

I like the indention of the elements - makes it easier to get a quick
overview of the menu.

> Please try this page using various browsers and various combinations
> of options (with and without CSS, with and without JavaScript, etc.).
> Every time, try to compare it with the original page layout.  I
> already tested it with Mozilla (0.9.9 to 1.4), Galeon, Netscape 4.77,
> lynx, links and w3m.  A colleague of mine tested it with MSIE 6.0.  It
> seems to work in most browsers.

See above.

> I would like to implement this tomorrow (or something similar,
> depending on the feedback I get).  My goal is to have the new site
> ready before Monday, so I will also work on some of the other open
> bugs in the meantime.

Sounds good to me - I say go ahead.

Sincerely,
./Brix
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Henrik Brix Andersen <brix@gimp.org>