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[Foxtrot]

On 6/3/05, Benedikt Meurer <benedikt.meurer at unix-ag.uni-siegen.de> wrote:
> Foxtrot wrote:
> > It might take some time to load as it's on Freewebs. What it shows is
> > a fixed width site with some of the contents and the main design
> > ideas. Stuff like a point list for a menu will be removed while I'm
> > polishing. Basically, this is a colour scheme (the background probably
> > won't be white, though), a layout, and some structural organisation
> > (in terms of markup and of content). I haven't gotten any details down
> > yet, like hover states, etc.
> >
> > What I'm worried about is if it's too much "fun", or as you put it,
> > I'm not sure it's simple enough with enough focus on content.
> 
> I think the blue is too intensive. What about a less-intensive blue? The
> general idea with the clouds and the grass is nice. Also the menu on the
> right is IMHO better than having it on the left (but don't ask me why :-).

The blue being too intense can be quickly adjusted. It will probably
be darker in the final version, since it needs to look like a "sky" if
it is to fit the design. I generally place my menus on the right, as
this (in theory) decreases time between the menu and the scrollbar.
This makes navigation quicker and mouse-movement less. Plus it's more
logical to put the content at the left in the reading order.
Alistapart.com had an article on this a while back.

> And a small correction: Thunar is not meant to replace Xffm. It's just
> an alternative to Xffm. Xffm development will continue.

Ah. Perhaps badly phrased. I meant to say that it's meant to replace
Xffm as the *main* file manager for Xfce, which I think is the plan.

At any rate, I'll continue working tomorrow, probably starting by
removing unnecessary padding and the like. I won't start making images
until we're sure we want this design, so I'll make some more mockups
later. Hopefully thunar-dev will be able to pick a suitable candidate.

> greets,
> Benedikt
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