[thelist] Re: mysql.com redesign

[elin tjerngren. artopod]

Hi,

Wow, thanks Rudy and Anthony - I'll tell my designer he's done a good job with the graphics :-)
(We, ie Artopod, got the job, provided them with a style guide, they implemented it internally)

I'm sorry I'm more than two months late...but somehow I missed this then - and I just have to
comment...
The horisontal scrollbar you are talking about seems to be fixed now by MySQL.
One thing though - one of our our mock-ups we sent to MySQL looked like this:
http://artopod.com/testzone/mysql6stretched.jpg
Obviously things has changed on the way - "our page" ends at the middle of the page - like the
text on the dolphin background. The intention is to get shorter rows and a more legible text. But
on the other hand we have a smaller font on our mockup.
Please let me know if you have an opinion on legibility in this case:
Small font: nicer typographic design
Big font: easier to read?
I guess you all would first think: of course the font should be a as large as possible: but from a
typographic point of view it's the better layout that is the most legible, or?

/Elin, http://artopod.com

> Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2002 16:02:25 -0800
> From: Anthony Baker <lists at thinkbigideas.com>
> Subject: RE: [thelist] mysql.com redesign
> To: thelist at lists.evolt.org
> Organization: ThinkBigIdeas
> Reply-To: thelist at lists.evolt.org
>
>
> Nice job.
>
> The header is definitely too wide, though. I'm at 1024 x 768
> and there's still a horizontal scrollbar. The designer of
> that sucker was obviously smoking something...
>
>
> | -----Original Message-----
> | From: thelist-admin at lists.evolt.org
> | [mailto:thelist-admin at lists.evolt.org] On Behalf Of rudy
> | Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2002 3:08 PM
> | To: thelist at lists.evolt.org
> | Subject: [thelist] mysql.com redesign
> |
> |
> | http://www.mysql.com/
> |
> | great new look, not sure it's working completely as intended,
> | though (horizontal scroll at 800x600 apparently intentional,
> | as the header seems too wide, and there is what looks like
> | the right sidebar underneath the main
> | content)
> |
> | but it's xhtml, with style sheets, and i really like the look
> | of the tabs, which implement a very intuitive nav and subnav structure |
> | they've also done a fantastic job reorganizing the | documentation
> section, http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/index.html | | | rudy | | -- | * *