[Pydotorg-redesign] Draft HTML for redesign proposal

[Tim Parkin]

Michael:
>> From: Tim Parkin
>> Unfortunately most users (most windows and some linux) won't have
>> a choice of using anti-alias.
>Hmm... Just about all Windows users have the option of using
anti-aliasing.
>Of course, only Windows XP users will have ClearType available, but
nearly
>all new Windows machines come with XP.
This still leaves the majority of users having no idea or not having the
capability of antialiased fonts. I can't find the option of switching
antialiasing on in windows 2000 or NT, and I asked a few friends to
switch it on for their windows XP boxes and most couldn't find how.
Those that did find it rightly pointed out that it's meant for LCD
monitors.

>Naw, you're a designer (and a darn good one, despite our differences on
type
>.style <g>), you wouldn't have a monitor with a bad refresh rate-
>-would you? :-)
22" Colour Balanced CRT with 100Hz or 150Hz Refresh depending on res. 

>(One observation
>here--we just got in some new computers and monitors at Adobe, and I
noticed
>that just about everyone who got a new monitor chose an LCD.)
I guarantee any designers worth there wages will choose crt's and more
than likely colour balanced Lacie monitors (typically with a calibratpr
to ensure no colour drift over time) eg
http://www.lacie.com/products/product.htm?id=10036 I couldn't afford one
:-(

I do think LCD monitors are great however, they're in the majority as
far as screen sales go but remember that the majority of monitors out
there are only 1024x768 or 1280x1024 so boosting font size to get multi
pixel thick lines isn't an option even if most users could work out how
to do it or even realise it was possible.

>Also, just out of curiosity, what resolution do you run the 22" monitor
at?
1600x1200 or 2048x1536

>and a darn good one, despite our differences on type
>style <g>

Actually I'm an electrical engineer, I user to work in R&D modelling
magnetic and electric fields for general electric. The design side
started when my fellow mathmeticians didn't know what to do to market
the software we'd written. I still don't think of myself as a 'designer'
more of a 'web page synthesist' or 'average plagiarist'. Our designer
(who originated the idea) is a different story. He's  lectured in
branding and design and top German universities, created websites for
NatWest, Yahoo and HM the Queen and now is a design director for Ornge
Communications. I won't turn the compliment down though (and we're
getting along niceley this time :-)

Tim