[Yt-dev] 2.2 release, new website, vacation

Britton Smith brittonsmith at gmail.com
Tue Jun 21 05:06:21 PDT 2011


+1 on the website.

I don't have any time to help out with the yt 2.2 release goals before the
end of the month.  I could help in July if we want to push the release date
back.

Britton

On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 12:42 AM, Matthew Turk <matthewturk at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi Stephen,
>
> On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 2:24 PM, Stephen Skory <s at skory.us> wrote:
> > Matt,
> >
> >> 2) A few of us have created a prototype of a new website:
> >>
> >> http://yt.enzotools.org/prototype/
> >
> > Just some comments, and then I'll give my opinion on the design.
> >
> > I think it's bad form to put shortened URLs on a webpage, in
> > particular the one for "GET YT". Either put the full URL (which is
> > long in this case to the install_script.sh) or something descriptive
> > like 'Download install_script.sh'.
>
> I've removed it.  It was also redundant with the "Get yt" section header.
>
> >
> > Having the single-page CSS scrolling is fine, but I don't think the
> > gaps between the sections are necessary. To some extent, those gaps
> > assume that the user can see the entire text in each section. When
> > they can't, they'll start scrolling down, and then they'll discover a
> > big gap between sections, which is odd. The converse is true too - if
> > the text is too short, then there's a big gap, which is odd, again.
>
> Hmm, I'm not sure about this.  I kind of like it.  If you want to hack
> away at it, though, feel free.
>
> >
> > Overall I like it, I think it looks pretty sharp.
>
> Me too; I think it was the right one to choose.
>
> Anybody else have any suggestions on the website?
>
> >
> >> 3) I am going on vacation starting sometime between June 29 and July
> >> 3, and I will be gone until at least July 23rd.
> >
> > Take lots of pictures!
>
> I surely will.  :)
>
> -Matt
>
> >
> > --
> > Stephen Skory
> > s at skory.us
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