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On Wednesday 14 December 2005 11:58, Aaron Shi wrote: |
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> There are only a few occasions that warrant margin minimization, e.g. |
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> printing borderless photos on paper. The standard rule of thumb for |
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> text on screen is 0.5 inches (apparent). At least line up the left |
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> edge of the content text with the Gentoo logo. If you do, you'll |
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> notice that the Gentoo logo is lined up with the text and lined up with |
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> the credit logo at the bottom (the way it's intended). From there, |
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> logic dictates that whatever margin's on the left should be mirrored on |
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> the right (unless you're Picasso). Margin on top and bottom should be |
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> at least as large as the ones on the side. As for the adbar, all I can |
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> say is, you fit the furniture into the house, not the house onto the |
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> furniture. Ads are secondary or way down the list, why are we |
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> compromising the main objectives of the site over sub-sub-sub items? |
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> Turning margins back on would be a good idea... ;) |
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I agree with you here. Looking at the first sentence of |
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http://wwwredesign.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/index.xml#doc_chap3 |
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The recommmended maximum words per line (around 10 to 12) is about |
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doubled. Besides the reading having become harder, the absense of the |
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margins also makes the pages look full. |
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Paul |
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Paul de Vrieze |
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Gentoo Developer |
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Mail: pauldv@g.o |
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Homepage: http://www.devrieze.net |
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