From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!matrix.darkstorm.co.uk!reality.xs3.de!news.jacob-sparre.dk!loke.jacob-sparre.dk!pnx.dk!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Randy Brukardt" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Refresh of Ada-Auth.org Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2014 15:44:29 -0600 Organization: Jacob Sparre Andersen Research & Innovation Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: rrsoftware.com X-Trace: loke.gir.dk 1418939070 6189 24.196.82.226 (18 Dec 2014 21:44:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news@jacob-sparre.dk NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2014 21:44:30 +0000 (UTC) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5931 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Response X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.6157 Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:24124 Date: 2014-12-18T15:44:29-06:00 List-Id: "Niklas Holsti" wrote in message news:cfff3fFjouvU1@mid.individual.net... > On 14-12-18 03:00 , Randy Brukardt wrote: >> "Randy Brukardt" wrote in message >> news:m6t3qn$7v5$1@loke.gir.dk... >> ... >>> Ergo, this is the best that I can do (at least without complicating the >>> pages with scripting or HTML 5 junk). >> ... >>> BTW: I just noticed that the larger header graphic on the home page is >>> forcing a wider than usual page. > > Yes, I noticed the same, after sending my whine. > >>> Would you still make this complaint on >>> one of the other pages (like the ARG page, for example)? I don't expect >>> anyone to spend much time on the home page (I took most of the real >>> content off of it). > > But it's the first page one encounters... first impressions, you know... Not really. More than 70% of visitors come from a search engine, and land wherever; 20% more come from links from other sites (again landing wherever). I suspect most of the remainder are coming from bookmarks or links in e-mail. (Well, a lot of them are undetected bots, and no one cares what they do.) Few come directly to the home page; that's the whole reason for doing this overhaul so people can get to the other pages no matter where they start from. >> Seemingly before I got this back from the cla server, Adam sent me a hack >> that does help the home page. > > I think it is OK now. You are perhaps using a large character size than is > usual today; perhaps reduce it by a couple of points? Would help with the > window width too. It appears to be the same size as the news sites that I typically frequent these days. And it's the same size as the old site. I think it might look bigger because sans-serif fonts tend to look bigger than serif fonts. (In the RM, I had to adjust the sans-serif font down by 1/2 pt to make it balanced when they appear in the same sentence.) I see that I don't actually set a font size for the normal text; it's using the default size for your browser (which should allow users to enlarge or shrink it with browser settings). Still, it does look a bit large (especially if the Veradana font is used). Perhaps I need to set the font to 90% as it is in the RM. Randy.