methinks we've got a fold

[Erin Yu]

Very good point.
I'm glad it was caught. The home page is being redesigned to include  
the newsfeed, and I will keep this fold issue in mind.

On 12-Feb-09, at 10:41 AM, Michael S Elledge wrote:

> 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
>>
>>
>>
>> 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
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