[FreeBSD-Announce] FreeBSD Project Launches Improved Website

[Darren Pilgrim]

Aesthetically speaking, the design is much improved from the old site.  The
new design is far more modern and "feels cleaner."  I like, keep it up!

Technically speaking, the new design is badly broken.

In my particular case, my use of larger fonts in Firefox 1.0.6 results in
the new design displaying the following errors:

- The nav-bar is on two lines: "| Support" wraps onto a second line.  My
larger 16 pt minimum font size results in the text for the nav-bar being
wider than the fixed layout width.  My browser window is 1700 pixels wide
for a reason.  Please don't cram everything into 765 pixels, it won't work.

- The "Security Advisories" column is too narrow for some of the entries.
Specifically, the cvsbug and ipsec lines extend past the right edge of gray
area.  The white separator lines in the gray news/events area do not extend
to the bottom of the gray area.  These are the result of using <div>s and
<span>s to do the work a <table> should be doing.  The layout for the
news/events is in a uniform grid, a table makes the most sense.

To make this more than just the griping of an armchair dictator, if you're
interested in the input of YAWD[1], I work for a web design company and will
be meeting with the owner in just over an hour.  I will bring up creating
working examples of the points I've made as well as possibly further
contribution.

[1] Yet Another Web Designer