[openbeos] Re: New website home page mockup
- From: Gavin James <gavin.james@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 20:45:35 +0100
Jorge G. Mare (a.k.a. Koki) wrote:
Additionally, there are ways to make a page look less crowded, such as
using a slightly smaller font size, a lighter font color, and an
increased line spacing; this would have the visual effect of creating
more white space, and make the whole page look lighter. It would allow
you to expose the same amount of information without feeling crowded.
I would avoid making the text any smaller. In fact, I think it's
currently a little too small... I'd like to see the font-size and the
line-spacing for the top three segments increased a bit.
The line-spacing should help neutralise the cluttering effect of
increasing the font-size, while making the content easier to read.
I'm also not crazy about the light-grey on white... it's difficult to
read. Perhaps black for normal text, and a darker grey for the links? Or
maybe even just a darker grey for normal text, and a darker still grey
for the links (maybe bold?)
I don't mean to sound criticising, it's just that I feel we're really
onto something with this design!
On the matter of "the most important content should get more attention"
(sic), the content on the upper half of the page has a stronger focus
(closer to the top of the page, slightly bigger fonts for titles, visual
aides), and this space will be used for the things that need to be
emphasized at any given point of time. What we put into this area will
change over time, depending on stage of development, ongoing events, etc.
All the more reason to give it a boost in visibility (font-size) and
readability (line-spacing). :)
- Gavin
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