author picture border (was Re: [thesite] User Page (Signup) Done)

.jeff jeff at members.evolt.org
Thu Jan 3 17:13:37 CST 2002


david,

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> From: David McCreath
>
> I'm sorry. I really shouldn't have brought that up,
> because I did skim the conversations surrounding it. I
> was just horsing around.
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cool.

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> (Although I do strongly believe that it clutters the
> article page, as designed. But I'm going to drop it.
> Until we get to the redesign discussion.)
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i agree that it looks alittle too cluttered as well.  however, it's better
than what we have now (no author block) and will undoubtedly become better
and more integrated into the design with the redesign.  so, with that being
said, i'd like to get it out in the wild and get some feedback.

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> What? You're making them go to the effort of
> finding/creating/altering an image that will fit in that
> box and then assuming that they won't take the extra 5
> seconds to put a 1 pixel stroke around it if they thinks
> it's warranted? Bah. You're just too attached to that
> border, man.
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anybody that's going to upload a photo is going to "go to the effort of
finding/creating/altering an image that will fit in that box".  thinking
they'll consider how it'll look with a border around it is quite a stretch,
whether or not it really takes 5 seconds.  sure i'm attached to the border
because i think that in the majority of the cases it serves a useful
purpose.

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> > oh, right, and i suppose your high school art teacher
> > let you use clay for an oil-painting project?  ;p
>
> Yer damn skippy she did. I do multi-media, man.
> Get your rules off me! >:E
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bah, you didn't listen to the question.

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> > creativity thrives with constraints.
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> I believe that the contraint of 180 x 90 is enough.
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and i don't view the border as a constraint.  ;p

i view it as a design element of the author block.

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> > i see it benefiting far more than harming and would be
> > very reluctant to remove it.
>
> I disagree. Can we please at least *try* it on teo
> before we roll the code up?
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where were you when we were working on this a month or two ago?  ;p

seriously, i can take the border off to see what people think (quick, go
look), how much more effort are we going to go through in trying to get this
ready to roll up to w.e.o.?

.jeff

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