[FFmpeg-devel] ffmpeg.org clean up

[Robert Swain]

2009/2/15 Robert Swain <robert.swain at gmail.com>:
> 2009/2/15 Robert Swain <robert.swain at gmail.com>:
>> 2009/2/15 Aurelien Jacobs <aurel at gnuage.org>:
>>> Robert Swain wrote:
>>>> 2009/2/15 Michael Niedermayer <michaelni at gmx.at>:
>>>> > On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 12:25:45AM +0000, Robert Swain wrote:
>>>> >> 2009/2/15 Stefan Gehrer <stefan.gehrer at gmx.de>:
>>>> >> > Robert Swain wrote:
>>>> >> >> I realise we're in the thick of a duel, but I spent my day working on
>>>> >> >> ffmpeg.org. I'm fed up of it being disorganised and ugly and have been
>>>> >> >> for a long time. My web development skills aren't the best and I
>>>> >> >> haven't touched any for a couple of years or so.
>>>> >> >>
>>>> >> >> Anyway, I reorganised the pages a little into sections and
>>>> >> >> subsections, made all pages XHTML 1.0 Strict compliant and
>>>> >> >> consequently added a little CSS for centering. Would this update be
>>>> >> >> welcome?
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> > I would welcome it and also have one small wish:
>>>> >> > If there is any CSS coming in, I would really like to see the site
>>>> >> > setting a font without serifs. That IMHO looks much clearer.
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> > BODY { font-family: sans-serif; }
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Sure, I can add that. The CSS will be easy enough to edit anyway. I
>>>> >> may play around with colours and stuff tomorrow, else do the more
>>>> >> important work of cleaning up the content that is on the site.
>>>> >
>>>> > one request from me as well
>>>> > the page should still display sanely if the browser doesnt support CSS
>>>>
>>>> Indeed. I just tested this by removing the CSS file and it looks fine.
>>>> I haven't done anything at all fancy. As people on IRC were requesting
>>>> that they could have a peek at it before I commit anything, I stuck it
>>>> on my FTP.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.swains.plus.com/ffmpeg-test/index.html
>>>>
>>>> Not all pages are accessible (changelog.html etc) and I have more
>>>> renaming and a big docs overhaul to do, but it should give you a
>>>> little taste.
>>>>
>>>> Comments welcome but note that I prefer it fixed width
>>>> (when using CSS) to keep the line length limited to something sane
>>>> without having to mess with zoom and stuff. :)
>>>
>>> This is damn ugly ! With this fixed size, more than half of my screen
>>> is blank ! And on an EeePC 701, you get horizontal scroll bar :-(
>>> Fixed width looks like a very bad idea...
>>
>> Fine. Too many people have complained about fixed width so I'll make
>> it non-fixed. But I still think the really long lines are fugly.
>
> Have another look. No more fixed width.

Don't you find reading lines as long as this uncomfortable? :

http://www.swains.plus.com/superdump/images/screen-capture-8.png

To me that feels like I'm trying to read two pages side-by-side or something.

Regards,
Rob