On Fri, 10 Nov 2000, Jon Stevens wrote:
> Also, you need to realize that *.apache.org gets somewhere around 2 million
> hits/day. Adding a lot of images (even small ones) to the website is a
> _really_ bad idea. The more you can do with just nice text layout, the
> better.
For software developers, systems integrators; those of us in the trenches
- less is more in website design. The artisitry on that demo page is
really really great. But I believe Jakarta would be better served if this
were more a study in user interface design than graphic design.
> Another thing about the design that you posted, it wastes a HUGE amount of
> white space. You also need to remember that people often print these pages
> (don't ask me why!) and you should account for that by not wasting white
> space.
Once again, good graphic design != good user interface design. I agree
with Jon.
> -jon
>
>
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Nicolaus Bauman
Software Engineer
Simplexity Systems
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