RFC: Home page design

[Emma Jane Hogbin]

On Monday 14 September 2009 8:38:02 pm Wichmann, Mats D wrote:
> Martin Pool wrote:
> >>> PS: also, why is this not using the full width of my window?
> >
> > I think this is a more reasonable decision, to make the text be a
> > sensible number of words wide rather than the full width of the
> > screen.
>
> Fixed-pixel-width frames are an abomination.  They're really showed
> up to their full... hmmm, I can't quite find the word I
> want here, "loser-ness"???... when you fire up a widescreeen
> monitor like my 1920x1080, and actually try to use more than a
> small part of that width for your browser.

Thanks for your most insightful response, Mats. I think you will find that you 
are *not* the target market for the front page of the Web site? Please read:
	http://bazaar-vcs.org/BazaarPersonas
It is critical that the front page meet the needs of the target audience. The 
developers on the list are not the target audience. In fact I'll wager that 
most people on the list haven't looked at the front page of the site in ... at 
least a month? Most "advanced" users (like the ones on this list) will arrive 
through a side door. e.g. via Google or a previously bookmarked page.

Please also note that the CURRENT site also uses a fixed-pixel width for the 
content.

regards,
emma