Posted by Jim Moe on 04/23/07 19:38

Toby A Inkster wrote:
>
>> [Probably the bit about menu location on the page...]
>
> Not commenting on the rest, as it's template-related stuff which I'm not
> particular interested in at the moment. My current template is just
> a temporary measure at the moment. I'm no good at visual design, so it
> takes me a long time to come up with something I really like. It will no
> doubt be quite some time before I do, and it's unlikely to look much like
> the current design!
>
I mostly like your current layout. It's all about the content, not all
the whiz-bangs (so popular because they can be done, not that they should).
>
>> Completely trivial fluff: The code uses tabs to indent. It becomes
>> rather hard to read as the text quickly disappears off the right.
>> Bandwidth reduction measure (1 tab vs 2 spaces)?
>
> Tabs are hardcoded everywhere, so it would be a lot of work to change
> them. Besides which, if you've got a decent text editor, you ought to be
> able to change the tab width to your liking. I have mine set so that one
> tab is equivalent to 4 spaces.
>
I normally just use the viewer provided in Firefox which has a fixed tab
width (8 spaces). My programming editor does not suffer from such
restrictions.

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