[pygtk] Re: pygtk.org mockup

[Panos Laganakos]

On 7/21/06, Yaakov Nemoy <loupgaroublond at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2006/7/21, Brian <dol-sen at telus.net>:
> > On Thu, 2006-20-07 at 18:39 +0300, Panos Laganakos wrote:
> > > I did a 1024x768 version so you can have a better look at it, and did
> > > some other visual improvements too, which brings the mockup to version
> > > 03:
> > >
> > > http://panos.solhost.org/mockups/pygtk-03.png
> > >
> > > On 7/20/06, Panos Laganakos <panos.laganakos at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > I saw that gtkmm.org received a style update, so I thought I'd give a
> > > > try at a new look for pygtk.org
> > > >
> > > > Keep in mind that it'll look small on normal resolutions (1280 > )
> > > > 'cause I hacked it on a 800x600 CRT (yuck!).
> > > >
> > > > http://panos.solhost.org/mockups/pygtk-01.png
> > > > http://panos.solhost.org/mockups/pygtk-02.png
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Lemme know what you think.
> >
> > Looks nice, but...  There is too little contrast for the date and author
> > lines.   I know, I know I'm getting old :(  my eyes aren't as good as
> > they used to be.
> >   As for the 800 x 600 size.  I like it, I often prefer slightly smaller
> > web page sizes especially if I'm flipping between tutorials/reference's
> > and an editor window.  That way I can keep an eye on both.  And no I
> > can't afford a new 30in. high resolution widescreen monitor for my old
> > eyes.  So if you do proceed with the a new style keep the minimum sizes
> > for the frames reasonable for smaller page sizes when desired.


> What about 'flowing layouts' which are so popular in our day and age
> of CSS, that fit themselves to what ever the browser is sized at.
> They usually have a minimum resolution, and the can adapt themselves
> from there.
>
> Yaakov

Yeah, the divisions will be floating around each other, and will be
able to resize, *but* you have to take this into account when
designing, 'cause the results won't be the same depending on the
resolution used, speaking in border/font terms, not just division
resizing and positioning.