Basic vs. Rotterdam (Was Re: [Zope3-dev] Re: [Zope3-checkins] CVS: Zope3/src/zope/app/browser/skins/rotterdam - template.pt:1.25)

[Paul Everitt]

(Changing subject to something a little clearer...)

Given:

1) Some percentage of people want a sexy, modern interface.

2) Some people want a simple interface w/ little reliance on recent 
(under 5 year old) technology.

3) Nobody has enough time to do (1) or (2). :^)

...should we position Basic as a simple interface for *content*, and 
not try to make it fulfill every single site development feature?

--Paul

On Friday, May 2, 2003, at 17:12 Europe/Paris, Guido van Rossum wrote:

>> The better answer is to make Basic the default skin, or make skin
>> switching easier.
>
> Apart from being ugly, Basic is not fully functional: it doesn't
> even display the "command" links below the "ZMI tab" links.  This
> hides essential functionality (e.g. adding can only be done through
> that -- I don't find typing @@+ in the location box acceptable).
>
> That said, while I'm happy with Rotterdam as the default skin, I think
> Basic could be reworked to be at least functional and slightly less
> ugly, while still using only a conservative subset of HTML 4.0,
> without relying on stylesheets.  Alas, I don't have time for this
> either. :-(
>
> --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)
>