[linux-audio-user] Re: [linux-audio-dev] Free Publicity - DJCJ Linux Audio Developers Tech Support Database.

[Patrick Shirkey]

Steve Harris wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 27, 2002 at 04:28:59 +0900, Patrick Shirkey wrote:
> 
>>Thanks for the feedback.
>>
>>
>>>Its quite hard to read becaues of the gifanims. the one in the top 
>>
>>left >is hard to make out and the page it links to is very out of date.
>>
>>It's about due for a redo anyway. The info is still pretty vital. Notice 
>>that there have been almost no questions about how fast Linux latency is 
>>since it was put up.
> 
> 
> Thats true, but a text link would be easier to spot and less distracting.
> 

But IMO more boring to look at from a newbie POV. I will give that gif a 
make over this week. I'm getting tired of seeing it these days but the 
info is still vital.

> 
>>>The logos along the top are all in clashing styles and many of them are
>>>aliased.
>>
>>I cannot do much about the images provided by other sites.
> 
> 
> Well, generally they have large, high res ones that you could recomposit
> to suit the site. You could also put them out of the way somewhere.
>  

The aim of the images at the top is to provide one click access to the 
most popular sites for information about Linux audio. I really don't 
want to move them. They could do with being slightly smaller perhaps.

> 
>>>There are a few too may colours, and mixing red and blue is generally >bad
>>
>>As in the NZ, Australian, British, French and US flags?
> 
> 
> Yes, but I dont read flags ;)
>  
> 
>>>On my browser there is a mixture of 2 and 3 coloumn layouts which 
>>
>>makes >it very wide and hard to follow.
>>
>>What is your browser? I have been trying to keep it working with 
>>netscape 4.x, mozilla, IE, lynx.
> 
> 
> Mozilla. But my screen at home is only 1024 pixels wide.
>  

Same here.

> 
>>>Lots of the information on the frontpage should probably be on >subpages.
>>
>>The aim is to provide access to most of the info with one click and 
>>without having to scroll.
> 
> 
> But that doesn't help if you cant find the right link, and all the
> important information is 4 pages down.
> 

I don't follow this. What information is four pages down? Do you mean 
the introduction for new users or are you talking about the links to the 
various howtos?

> Can I suggest you break the site up into major sections, that way people
> can go to the right section for them.
> 

I've been considering that for a while now. I'm trying to figure out a 
nice design. Currently I have an image of a large asterix * with the 
links in each slice.

> You could always open up to design suggestions from the lists, that way
> you get to choose from lots of desigs without having to make them all
> yourself ;)
> 

That's true. It is becoming more of a community property these days. 
Does anyone else have any suggestions. Keeping in mind that the site is 
primarily for new users most of whom expect a graphically dense site at 
least until they get into the Linux way.




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