[mb-users] A Call For Feedback - "StructuredXHTML" branch

[Frederic Da Vitoria]

2007/7/11, Oliver Charles <oliver.g.charles at googlemail.com>:
> Thank you both for your feedback - really fast, and I really
> appreciate it!
>
> Frederic first:
>
> I've darkened the links a bit, down from #736DAB to #534D8B. I still
> think this a bit unclear, considered making the links bold but that
> might be a bit TOO much. Not sure though, but this colour change does
> make them a bit more readable.
>
> The search box on the left is in pretty active design at the moment.
> My idea was to have helper text in each box (Artist, Label, etc) that
> disappeared on click. I made this light gray and italic so not to
> distract from the main page, and it does turn full black when you
> click on a box to type in it.
>
> The thing with having the sidebar so narrow is that fitting the
> labels for the search fields is now tricky, without reducing the size
> of the search field. I'd love to hear if anyone has any other ideas
> on making the search on the sidebar both accessible  and practical!
>
> The tab order I hadn't really considered, that was just copied
> verbatim from the original design. I have now re-arranged them, as
> you suggested. I hope it won't confuse too many people though! I've
> also re-arranged the submenus too, into alphabetical order, but it's
> easy to revert - so please scream if you don't like this :)
>
> Wasn't quite sure what you meant about the browse release page in
> reference to the tabs, mind clarifiying?
>
> The top menu should be navigable with just a keyboard, but not in one
> session, you'll have to go to separate pages. I'll look into working
> some javascript-fu on that in the future (but not for this merge)
>
> Thanks for the feedback Frederic, hope I'm on the right lines with
> these updated changes!

Sorry, I don't have the time right now to test your changes. I'll try
tomorrow. What I meant was that in the browse release, the tab order
for A B C was correct (I wanted to show you what was the good order,
but obviously, I missed :-D )

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Frederic Da Vitoria