Re: [ANNOUNCE] New Webpages Online - Mailing list pgsql-announce
From | The Hermit Hacker |
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Subject | Re: [ANNOUNCE] New Webpages Online |
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Msg-id | Pine.BSF.4.05.9904090917190.55462-100000@thelab.hub.org Whole thread Raw |
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Re: [ANNOUNCE] New Webpages Online
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On Fri, 9 Apr 1999, Mike Meyer wrote: > How about ditching the frames entirely? Not only are they > problematical from a UI perspective, they're now passe. See <URL: > http://www.python.org/ > or <URL: http://www.freebsd.org/ > for a more > modern design. > > Of course, pages that put everything in a table to do layout load slow > and tend to come out ugly on anything that isn't pretty much a clone > of the designers system, but they beat frames hollow. Ya know what I'm finding really passe? Ppl that come up with these critisms but really don't present an alternative? I personally like the frames...I like not having to reload everything when only one piece changes...I thnk it *looks* nice... Of course, if you have a better idea of how the site should be lay'd out, please feel free to provide a *visible* example of your thoughts... > > <mike > > On Fri, 9 Apr 1999, Oliver Andrich wrote: > > > Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 09:44:19 +0200 > > From: Oliver Andrich <olli@rhein-zeitung.de> > > To: Vince Vielhaber <vev@michvhf.com> > > Cc: announce@postgreSQL.org, hackers@postgreSQL.org, webmaster@postgreSQL.org > > Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] New Webpages Online > > > > Hi, > > > > ok I am new to PostgreSQL and my mirror of the PostgreSQL pages is quite new, > > but I have to comment on this webpage design. I am not sure on what machines > > you work or what resolutions your display provides, but on my machine the page > > uses only 1/2 of the possible space in the web browser and it is really ugly > > to read the manuals in 16 line frame. Isn't it possible to design the frameset > > in a more flexible way? The fixed heights of the individual rows are really, > > really ugly. > > > > How about defining the top level frameset as <frameset border=0 frameborder=no > > rows="120,*,10%"> or so. Mixing fixed values, wildcards and percentage values > > is really bad style, but this is just a hint. And may be we should think about > > displaying the elephant besides the logo, cause it wastes a lot of valuable > > place in the middle frame. > > > > Just my $0.02. > > > > Best regards, > > > > Oliver Andrich > > > > On Thu, Apr 08, 1999 at 04:48:29PM -0400, Vince Vielhaber wrote: > > > > > > The new web pages are now online. All new look. All new feel. All new > > > logos. All new................. > > > > > > Vince. > > > -- > > > ========================================================================== > > > Vince Vielhaber -- KA8CSH email: vev@michvhf.com flame-mail: /dev/null > > > # include <std/disclaimers.h> TEAM-OS2 > > > Online Campground Directory http://www.camping-usa.com > > > Online Giftshop Superstore http://www.cloudninegifts.com > > > ========================================================================== > > > > > > > > -- > > Oliver Andrich, RZ-Online, Schlossstrasse Str. 42, D-56068 Koblenz > > Telefon: +49-261-39210-40 Fax: -33 | http://rhein-zeitung.de > > | http://andrich.net > > GMC d- s++:++ a- C++ UL++++ P-- L+++ E--- W++ N+ w-- O- M-- > > V- PS++ PE Y+ PGP+ t 5+ X R+ tv+ b++ DI++ D- G e h- r z+ > > > > > Marc G. Fournier ICQ#7615664 IRC Nick: Scrappy Systems Administrator @ hub.org primary: scrappy@hub.org secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org
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