[TriLUG] triangle open source lab web site

[Tim Jowers]

I thought maybe you were auditioning to work with YHOO. They've been
known for this "style" for years. From what I've seen in barfs on
their site, they wrote a lot of it in C++!

Tim


On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 7:23 AM, Jim Ray <jim at neuse.net> wrote:
> No worries. I am confessed non-web designer and proud of it. My partner
> in crime has one of his folks re-designing it; so, I am off the hook.
> Whew.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On
> Behalf Of Steve Litt
> Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2009 2:52 AM
> To: Triangle Linux Users Group General Discussion
> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] triangle open source lab web site
>
> On Tuesday 02 June 2009 09:32:38 am Jim Ray wrote:
>> Well, I just got fired from my job as webmaster. I don't see what the
>> big deal is:
>>
>> http://www.triangleopensource.org
>>
>> I completely re-designed the site from the ground up and started doing
>> this stuff in 1997.
>>
>> What's the problem with plain text? These young whippersnappers do not
>> have a keen appreciation for things like edlin and vi. Prolly a bunch
> of
>> winders users as well.
>>
>> Time to take my toys and go home.
>
> Hey Jim,
>
> This site could be pretty cool with a few small changes. These changes
> are in
> the form of identifying what's what. As it stands right now, the user
> can
> feel very lost on this site, and that's not just aesthetic.
>
> For instance, it's not instantly obvious what the two columns are. On at
> least
> one of the pages it appeared there was a one to one correspondence
> between
> members of the first column and members of the second column, which is
> wrong,
> wrong, wrong, but that's what it looks like. You could reduce this
> confusion
> simply by putting borders on the table. Also, and this is a function of
> the
> web author, not the CGI or whatever, column 2's title should obviously
> match
> the column 1 button clicked. Also, when someone clicks a button on
> column 1
> and the screen is redrawn, remove the link from the clicked button. That
> way
> the user will know exactly where he is.
>
> The other improvement I'd make is to use a little bit of color and font
> sizes.
> We all know this isn't really plain text -- the links are html, so why
> not
> make the word "Buttons" bigger and a different color?
>
> On those buttons that trigger a download, it would be much less
> confusing if
> all text on column 2 disappeared, centering attention on the download
> itself.
>
> Some people are hopelessly addicted to pretty and cutesy. Such people
> will
> never appreciate your interface. Other people are practical and want
> something that does the job. With a few modifications to clarify where
> the
> user is at the moment, your interface would be a huge hit with those
> people.
>
> Is the CGI or PHP or whatever behind this site Open Source? If so, I'd
> like to
> see it.
>
> SteveT
>
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