More mods of root66's design online ;) - Want we now a 1 or 2 sided menu ?

[Eric Ellsworth]

http://eeric.dnsalias.net/KnightInlet/Paper/paper_draft2.pdf
This version looks good, colorwise.  I still maintain that the page looks 
better with the menu on the left, and some sort of less important visual 
element on the right side.

http://www.kde.org/testing/modified-3/
I like the diagonal line leading to the search box, but I think it's still too 
prominent, especially at smaller screen sizes.  Combo-box and double-arrow 
widget are distracting.  If we want advanced search functionality, it should 
be a separated page, with an advanced search link underneath the main box.  
Designwise, how about adding that diagonal line element to Neil et al's 
design and moving the search box to the top of ?

What about have the right side be some kind of "Quickies" column, which are 
not regular navigation items.  Some ideas:
Featured App - App name, version, a little description (perhaps extracted from 
apps.kde.com), other apps like this
Did You Know?
Tips, ideas about KDE for newbies
Overheard (user reactions to KDE)

These wouldn't really be part of navigating the site, so you wouldn't have to 
scan the right side, but they would add some balance .


Cheers,

EE

On Monday 21 October 2002 10:52 am, Neil Stevens wrote:
> On Monday October 21, 2002 10:21, Christoph Cullmann wrote:
> > Hi,
> > just got mailed an other mod for root66'S design by datschge
> > <david at lalula.de>.
> >
> > It's up now to for review: www.kde.org/testing/modified-2 (may take a
> > bit until server updates).
> >
> > We have now up:
> >
> > www.kde.org/testing (root66's original)
> > www.kde.org/testing/modified (changed by me + daniel, using the php
> > include in /templates + /styles)
> > www.kde.org/testing/modified-2 (datschge's changes)
>