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James Ogley

All views expressed on this site are my own. They do not necessarily reflect those of the Parish of Bursledon, the Diocese of Winchester or the Church of England. As such, I do not expect them all to be popular but you, the reader, can certainly expect them to be honest.

(I always thought Jupiter was kind of pretty with that spot and all..)

Jakub makes some great points about general usability with Planet SUSE and I'll monkey with the CSS to try and make it clearer. My personal views on this subject are as follows though:

  • I've never been a big fan of white space. It can just look like dead space or wasted space.
  • Although it's my doing, I'm not a massive fan of a vertical logo either. The thing was that having it horizontally:
    1. Pushed the first bit of actual content down the page even further.
    2. Created even more white space above the first entry.
  • I was of the view that the position of the header for each entry - within the same border as the entry itself - made it clear which one it belonged with. Would it be more obvious if the border was perhaps a little thicker (i.e. more visible)?
  • The way Planet GNOME is designed means that I almost never get more than a single entry on my screen at once because the div that contains each post has a maximum width. On Planet SUSE, the width of each post is entirely dependent on the browser width and so I rarely only see one post (unless Miguel was the last person to post of course) [:)]
  • The paragraphs are padded incidentally but again, maybe they could be by more.