There is some problem with the current design of the POV-Ray website which
causes it to be too wide on some screen resolutions and too narrow on others
(according to what I've heard).

I have made a test page where I have tried to fix this.

I'm using Internet Explorer 5, and a 800x600 screen, and the page I've made
works better for me.

Other's who had problems: Is this page better?

Those who didn't have problems: Do you have problems when viewing this page?

The page is at http://rsj.mobilixnet.dk/temp/povraytest.htm

Greetings,

Rune

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Rune wrote:

> There is some problem with the current design of the POV-Ray website which
> causes it to be too wide on some screen resolutions and too narrow on others
> (according to what I've heard).
>
> I have made a test page where I have tried to fix this.
>
> I'm using Internet Explorer 5, and a 800x600 screen, and the page I've made
> works better for me.
>
> Other's who had problems: Is this page better?
>
> Those who didn't have problems: Do you have problems when viewing this page?
>
> The page is at http://rsj.mobilixnet.dk/temp/povraytest.htm

I am in a position to be able to test Netscape & M$ IE5 at multiple res
640x480-1280x1024
Tell me if I should test any other combinations

Using Netscape 4.7
I'm at 1024x768 and
1. I need to scroll horizontally to see the foot of the girl.
2. There is way too much space between the nav bar and text and between the girl
and text
At 800x600 the same thing except less space & more scrolling
At 1152x864 no scrolling req'd but space between cols is too much
- perhaps you could widen the middle col
Compared to povray.org - frankly I prefer povray.org - bit less extra space & no
scrolling

Using IE5
800x600
Perfect - maybe 1.5-2 times the space between cols would be good
1024x768
Same spacing issue
1152x864
again - spacing :-) so I'm picky - just looks too close to me
Even when not maximised it is good - nice work
Compared to povray.org - hugely extremely much better

Pabs

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Thank you Pabs!

Right now I'm in a bit of a hurry, but I'll see you all again on Thursday or
Friday.

See you!

Rune

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Rune wrote:
> 
> There is some problem with the current design of the POV-Ray website which
> causes it to be too wide on some screen resolutions and too narrow on others
> (according to what I've heard).
> 
> I have made a test page where I have tried to fix this.
> 
> I'm using Internet Explorer 5, and a 800x600 screen, and the page I've made
> works better for me.
> 
> Other's who had problems: Is this page better?
> 
> Those who didn't have problems: Do you have problems when viewing this page?

I'm using Netscape 4.73 and a resoltution of 1280x1024. I can see
anything without scrolling, but the spaces between the menu, the text
and the girl are to big. Isn't it possible that the text spreads itself
over the free space in the middle? Perhaps by also making the font a
slightly bigger, which is very nice when running high resolutions. I
think this shouldn't be too hard when using java.

Remco Poelstra

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I also didn't find the objects &  links system helpful.

If I wanted one thing, say a golf bal,  it would be neat to see a link to
someone's golfball.inc, or at worst a link to someone's page of inc's.

Instead the list says, "a bunch of objects here,"  "a bunch more of objects
there,"  and THEN in most cases it takes us to someone's index.html page, where
we have to wade down many levels to find the right page.  (I think a possible
example, if my memory serves me, is the links to Gilles' Tran: my overall
complaint is valid, if not my complaint about the way the links to Gilles' work
is listed.)


Rune wrote:

> There is some problem with the current design of the POV-Ray website which
> causes it to be too wide on some screen resolutions and too narrow on others
> (according to what I've heard).
>
> I have made a test page where I have tried to fix this.
>
> I'm using Internet Explorer 5, and a 800x600 screen, and the page I've made
> works better for me.
>
> Other's who had problems: Is this page better?
>
> Those who didn't have problems: Do you have problems when viewing this page?
>
> The page is at http://rsj.mobilixnet.dk/temp/povraytest.htm
>
> Greetings,
>
> Rune
>
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Rune wrote:
> 
> There is some problem with the current design of the POV-Ray website which
> causes it to be too wide on some screen resolutions and too narrow on others
> (according to what I've heard).
> 
> I have made a test page where I have tried to fix this.
> 
> I'm using Internet Explorer 5, and a 800x600 screen, and the page I've made
> works better for me.
> 
> Other's who had problems: Is this page better?
> 
> Those who didn't have problems: Do you have problems when viewing this page?
> 
> The page is at http://rsj.mobilixnet.dk/temp/povraytest.htm

It doesn't view properly on a 640x480 screen (Netscape 4.7), nor at 800x600;
horizontal scrolling is needed at both resolutions to see the gal.

Regards,
John
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Rune wrote in message <394f09e3@news.povray.org>...
>Other's who had problems: Is this page better?


At 512x384, I needed to scroll horizontally to view the entire page.

<grin>
Mark

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"Greg M. Johnson" wrote:
> I also didn't find the objects &  links system helpful.

This has nothing to do with the page I put up.
I only made a test page of the front page.

However, I'd like to reply anyway.

> If I wanted one thing, say a golf bal,  it would be
> neat to see a link to someone's golfball.inc, or at
> worst a link to someone's page of inc's.

Links directly to .inc files would require the explicit permission from the
person who made the file. We had a major discussion about this recently.

Links to *pages* containing .inc files is generally OK, but people tend to
change the name of their pages and directories, so Ken often link to the
main page in order to avoid that links become dead links. Or so I think.

Greetings,

Rune

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"Remco Poelstra" wrote:
> I'm using Netscape 4.73 and a resoltution of 1280x1024.
> I can see anything without scrolling, but the spaces
> between the menu, the text and the girl are to big.
> Isn't it possible that the text spreads itself over the
> free space in the middle?

Since my computer problem I haven't had Netscape at all.
Which is the most common version of Netscape, and exactly where can I
download it?

Anyway, I won't change anything more at this point, because I think the real
povray.org is currently being changed, and so there is no point in making my
own test versions based on an outdated design. I will wait and see what
happens to povray.org.

Greetings,

Rune

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"John VanSickle" wrote:
> It doesn't view properly on a 640x480 screen (Netscape 4.7),

I know, but fixing that would require an actual redesign rather than some
small adjustments, I think.

> nor at 800x600; horizontal scrolling is needed at both resolutions to see
the gal.

I ought to get Netscape, so I can see such problems myself...

Greetings,

Rune

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