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Re: New Mock Layout for ET (4.00 / 2)

I still think the RSS feeds would be better off at the left. Four reasons:

You get less information at the top of each diary, because of the Annoying Space.
From a graphic design POV, it makes the main content look like it's huddled up against the left margin. It also means that bilingual diaries have two big and two small columns next to each other, which isn't very easy on the eye.
There are two adjacent lists to navigate, and they're out of sync. Single linear lists are much easier to read through and navigate than paired but unrelated lists.
Balancing the links across both sides also solves the I Hate This Space problem, because it's not hanging around being annoying any more.

Photoshop says:

Example 1

Example 2

(I haven't stretched the top right in Ex 2 so the top isn't aligned, but it shows more or less what the 2 column option looks like.)

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Sat Jan 20th, 2007 at 07:33:40 PM EST

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Note that I Hate This Place re-appears when you enter a diary and the RSS feed column disappears (to make way for long comment threads).

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by DoDo on Sat Jan 20th, 2007 at 08:32:30 PM EST
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Regarding 2 and 3, what are your comments about dKos's current design?

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by DoDo on Sat Jan 20th, 2007 at 08:33:32 PM EST
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Re: New Mock Layout for ET (none / 1)

I use adblocks, so all I see of dKos is the central diary and the right hand diary list. The ad list disappears, which is a good thing, because when it's there it annoys me no end.

I don't much like the unstretched centre-justified design, because it wastes a lot of space.

But that's more a problem with the narrow dKos version than with a centre justified design in general.

Centre justification otherwise is fine. It's where your eyes naturally spend most of their time when you're looking at a monitor, which is another reason I think it makes sense to put the bulk of the information there.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Sun Jan 21st, 2007 at 11:59:40 AM EST
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