Re: Website revamp?

[Maxim Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com>]

24.08.2020 14:43, TEC wrote:
> 
> I have performed debuzzwordification on the header, and implemented the 
> compacted design prototyped previously. I expect Maxim will likely still 
> think the font-size is too big, but I somewhat like it as it currently 
> is :P

I have tried adaptive design tool in firefox. Currently I would rather 
complain concerning the size of the unicorn logo. It consumes whole 
screen when emulation of a phone and landscape orientation is selected. 
I expect more informative greeting.

In the meanwhile I spent some time trying to figure out what is 
considered as the best practice to distinguish mobile/large screen 
device. I did not expect that there is still nothing more than viewport 
width. Blog posts recommended on stackoverflow have mostly mobile-first 
design with oversized fonts on normal monitor so I could not take them 
seriously. Finally I realized that MDN (developer.mozilla.org) pages 
looks quite neat even though they have lager fonts for headers in 
desktop layout than in mobile mode. So font size is quite subtle entity 
in respect to perception.

Maybe I just too mean to allow the banner to consume so much space due 
to huge fonts.

There is something wrong with nav and banner padding and margins. 
Firefox in adaptive design mode shows a white stripe between them when 
navigation menu is collapsed.

I should say that I am impressed (unsure in a positive or a negative way 
however) by the hack with checkbox to show and hide the navigation menu. 
But certainly I appreciate that it works with disabled javascript. 
Before I was aware only of <description> and <summary> for a similar effect.

06.08.2020 18:52, TEC wrote:
 >> I am comparing with widely used yellow "donate" paypal button.
> - There is colour to draw the eye - The position is around the main 
> design elements, and thus the path of the eyes - Icons, for the
> reason outlined above - A more contrasting background - Movement, as
> the page scrolls, they move across the middle of the screen Hence,
> while they may not be as /in your face/ as some donation promts, I'd
> be surprised if someone who looked at the page for more than a few 
> seconds didn't notice them.
I was unlucky enough to open the page in a browser window of such width 
that bottom banner line resembles a continuous string of text with 
uniformly altering bold/normal text "maintained by *Bastien Guerry* and 
developed by *many others.* Support via" and "LibrePay" is more bright 
again. It is just an opinion.