On Sat, 28 Mar 1998 21:33:10 +0100, cleto wrote: > On Sat, 28 Mar 1998, Thomas Apel wrote: > > > To make it more clear what I mean: I think of home page with a > > navigation bar on the left and a text column on the right. The > > navigation bar should contain a maximum of about 6 top level categories > > like About, News, Support, Development... each with its second level > > categories. The text column could contain a brief description of what > > Debian is, the latest news article or other related stuff. And to make > > it perfect one could add a nice banner containing the logo and the text > > "Debian GNU/Linux". > > > > All other pages could contain a smaller version of the banner and a > > navigation bar on the top with only the top level categories. The whole > > thing could be colored in white / red / dark blue like the logo.
> Hi, > > Please do not forget that there are users who access the site > using text-based browsers like Lynx. Navigation bars and like make a site > more difficult to navigate for them. > > Cleto I agree that the current Debian website design is lacking in visual impact however I also appreciate the concern for keeping web pages fast loading. I've used lynx for about five years and I don't find navigation bars prohibitive (at least per se), in fact the organization can be nice. There are some lynx-friendly web authoring guidelines at: Web authoring and Lynx http://www.crl.com/~subir/lynx/author_tips.html Rather than a single website design, why not open a Debian website design contest, with Thomas' design being the first entry? -- David Stern ------------------------------------------------------------------ http://weber.u.washington.edu/~kotsya [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
