methinks we've got a fold
Michael S Elledge
elledge at msu.edu
Thu Feb 12 15:41:13 UTC 2009
Jonathan raises an important point. On a main page it's best not to
require scrolling, since most people won't bother. If there has to be
scrolling, there will need to be some kind of visual link between the
visible content and the content below the fold to encourage people to
look further.
Mike
Jonathan Hung wrote:
> Condensing the text will go a long way.
>
> Also, removing the Fluid logo will also help since we are already
> displaying a nice version of the logo at the top-left. (There are 3
> versions of the Fluid logo on the main page ;).
>
> On my laptop, it's even worse, I don't see the bottom icons at all!
> With the Firefox bookmark toolbar, webdev toolbar, and menus, I lose
> about 200 pixels.
>
> - Jonathan.
>
> ---
> Jonathan Hung / jhung.utoronto at gmail.com
> Fluid Project - ATRC at University of Toronto
> Tel: (416) 946-3002
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>
> On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 6:27 AM, Anastasia Cheetham
> <a.cheetham at utoronto.ca> wrote:
>
>> On 11-Feb-09, at 9:15 PM, Jess Mitchell wrote:
>>
>>
>>> I think we're falling too far below the fold with our 4 main clickable
>>> objects
>>>
>> Ah, I agree. It looks fine on my nice large monitor at work, but here at
>> home, on my 14" 1024x768 laptop screen, not so good: see attached image.
>>
>>
>>> I think I need to edit the text in the middle and that will buy us some
>>> space in the middle of the page.
>>>
>> That would probably help!
>>
>> --
>> Anastasia Cheetham a.cheetham at utoronto.ca
>> Software Designer, Fluid Project http://fluidproject.org
>> Adaptive Technology Resource Centre / University of Toronto
>>
>> nevertheless i
>> feel that i cleverly am being altered that i slightly am
>> becoming something a little different, in fact
>> myself
>> E.E. Cummings
>>
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