[Pydotorg-redesign] HTML version of design

[Aahz]

On Sat, Jul 19, 2003, Matt Goodall wrote:
> On Fri, 2003-07-18 at 23:40, Aahz wrote:
>> 
>> Yup, but to me "works" == "friendly".  ;-)  (Don't forget that I'm
>> judging how it looks in Lynx.)  I'm perfectly willing to leave purely
>> esthetic judgments to other people.
> 
> Is it the way that Walter's design expands the navigational menu on
> demand that you particularly like?

Partly, but not primarily.

> _Personally_, I'm not a big fan of expanding menus as it just means more
> clicks for me. It can also introduce a bit of guesswork for people who
> don't know the site unless the navigational headers are blindingly
> obvious. "Documentation" is fine but take "Community" for example. Would
> we expect a newbie to understand that properly without more context?
> What about when it has "mailing lists", "events", "user groups" etc
> right underneath it?

That's a good point.  What I particularly like about Walter's design is
the "breadcrumb" across the top that makes it clear where you currently
are and has back-links to the pages you would click through to get
directly to the current page (assuming you came from some other part of
the site).  Also, what I think I'd prefer to an "expanding" design is a
"collapsing" design that gives a good context-sensitive menu.  We've
currently got a half-assed look like that; I'd like it cleaned up and
generalized.
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