[Mailman-Developers] Face lift for User Interface

[Christopher Petrilli]

On Wed, Jul 28, 1999 at 11:22:18AM -0400, Barry A. Warsaw wrote:
> >>>>> "CP" == Christopher Petrilli <petrilli@amber.org> writes:
> 
>     CP> I would make only one major recommendations... drop all the
>     CP> style information out of the tags, and put it in a style
>     CP> sheet.  Most of the stuff you're doing, especially colors
>     CP> would be better that way.  Then you could actually ship 3-4
>     CP> style sheets with different colors on them to people :-) Also,
>     CP> it reduces the amount of code in the page A LOT.
> 
> Don't forget though, that we have to support older browsers.  I think
> there are list admins with users still using e.g. NS 3.  This stuff
> must work for them too.

If you know how to use style-sheets, it's not a problem. You would get a
gradual degredation, where colors would disappear, and maybe somesmall
formatting details, but it gains you a lot of flexibility in formatting,
and makes it easier for people to change how things look to suit their
own site.

Chris
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