[OSM-talk] Front page design and SEO

[Douglas Furlong]

I just wanted to comment on this point regarding the width of screens.

I was using google maps recently where you can remove the side panel and
have the entire width available to the map. It looks really daft and I would
rather try and maintain a square aspect to the map so that you can see equal
distances in all directions.

Doug

On 3 Mar 2009, 4:35 AM, "D Tucny" <d at tucny.com> wrote:

2009/3/3 Ian Dees <ian.dees at gmail.com>

> > On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 9:51 PM, SteveC <steve at asklater.com> wrote: >> >>
>> I asked the CM desi...

I must say, I like that one too... but... So many sites and applications
these days seem to be going with all the options at the top/bottom and a
full width content section, while at the same time most 4:3 screens are
being replaced with 16:10 screens... Though at least most sites allow the
content to be scrolled moving their menu bars out of view, this however,
proboably isn't something that would be preferable with the OSM page... The
end result being that with a layout like that on a widescreen display,
you'll have browser title bar, menu bar, link bar, tab bar, random other
tool bars, osm tab bar, small, but, wide, sliver of map, osm key bar,
browser status bar and finally task bar...
Obviously if you have a big screen with a decent vertical resolution, the
sliver of map is somewhat larger and more useful, but, on smaller screens at
least, and I'm thinking of screens with a resolution like 1280x800 here that
are pretty common in laptops these days, that sliver isn't going to be that
big... As such... I think the fp6/7 images would be probably better
generally, and especially for smaller widescreen displays...

That said, I guess there's no reason, beyond maintainability, why both
layouts couldn't be made available, even if only selectable by logged in
users... though a default that's good for everyone would still be needed
:)...

I think all the samples shown are an improvement on the existing layout in
term of usability and from an aesthetics point of view, making things
clearer and prettier at the same time :)

d

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