[Zope3-dev] Are there Graphic Designers?

[Gary Poster]

Same idea as Casey's email.  I'll summarize and say +1.

Gary

On Friday 05 April 2002 10:07 am, Jeff Kowalczyk wrote:
> I think the ZM3I would be best rendered as very basic, spec-compliant
> HTML, using minimal built in formatting and few or no graphical
> elements, except for content icons and other necessities. It would be
> OK, IMO, if it had only marginal attractiveness when viewed in browsers
> without CSS support. If you're using a browser without or with poor CSS
> support, minimal HTML complexity is probably good for performance,
> anyway.
>
> This would make community improvements, ZPT macro-ization/reuse and
> general hacking on the Z3MI more approachable, since the ZPT source
> would be as concise as possible, and the consistency of style/class
> attributing would be maximized. The consistency of style/class
> attributing has implications for what the ZMI's ZPT TAL expressions have
> to work with, as well.
>
> It also encourages CSS style sheets developed by third parties to make
> global and consistent customization to the ZMI. The simpler the ZPT/HTML
> output, the better the CSS style sheets can be made to work. I'd prefer
> to see CSS stylesheets used to support developer preferences (such as
> small font sizes for the ZMI), as well as to adapt to the variations in
> browser's HTML rendering. Separate CSS for various browsers would be the
> skin authors option, if their layout precision called for it.