[m-rev.] diff: reorganize menu bars on web site

[Fergus Henderson]

On 26-Mar-2001, Peter Ross <peter.ross at miscrit.be> wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 24, 2001 at 10:34:18AM +1100, Fergus Henderson wrote:
> > This fixes some but not all of the problems with the current web site.
> > 
> > ----------
> > 
> > Estimated hours taken: 2
> > 
> > Reorganize the menu bars on the web site.  In particular, make them expand
> > and collapse according to which page you have selected.
> > 
> > My intent with this change is that (modulo a few exceptions) every page
> > on the site should now appear in the sub-menus.
>
> The idea behind the original design was that all the important pages
> where available from the menu on all the pages on the website.  I liked
> being able to click on developers no matter where I was in the site to
> get to the developers mailing list.  Now you have to navigate your way
> back down.

Due to the increase in the number of important pages, and the limit on the
size of the menu (at least the size that will fit on a single screen), it
is no longer possible to have all the important pages on the menu,
at least not unless some pages which were previously classified as
"important" are now reclassified.

But how do you decide which pages are "important"?
Many people complained that they couldn't find pages such as the
benchmarks page which weren't on the menu.  In other words,
the site was hard to navigate.

-- 
Fergus Henderson <fjh at cs.mu.oz.au>  |  "I have always known that the pursuit
                                    |  of excellence is a lethal habit"
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