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Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 23:45:57 +1100
From: Jeff Turner <jefft@apache.org>
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Subject: Re: Under the Forrest skin
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On Fri, Nov 22, 2002 at 01:14:35PM +0100, Nicola Ken Barozzi wrote:
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> >> - section headings
> >
> >What about them?
> 
> I think they mean that they want-are used to- page-wide colored 
> headings. Something that divides sections in a more clear way.
> We look more like a book, but that's not necessarily bad. Maybe we can 
> think up a possible Forrest configurable version of the 
> page-wide-colored headings concept.

Oh okay.  The avalon-tigris skin has this and looks quite nice.

> >> - The intra-page section anchors are nice,
> >>   but not at the expense of everything else
> >
> >
> >What does "at the expense of everything else" mean?
> 
> It reduces the vertical space of the page contents.
> In one of Stefano's early mockups, these were "embedded" in the book 
> navigation at the right point, and it seems a logical place to put them; 
> or at least make them configurable.

Yes, having the menu list intra-page links as well as inter-page links
makes sense.

--Jeff

> Note also the font sizes.
> 
> http://cvs.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/*checkout*/xml-forrest/src/resources/layout/xml.apache.org/page.html?rev=HEAD&content-type=text/html
> 
> -- 
> Nicola Ken Barozzi                   nicolaken@apache.org
>             - verba volant, scripta manent -
>    (discussions get forgotten, just code remains)
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