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Novell.com Header. Ready for Round Two?

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8 January 2010 - 12:00am
Submitted by: ssalgy

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OK, so we analyzed all of your feedback on the new header, and made some important changes. Here are two different versions that we'd like your feedback on. Thank you again for taking time to help us make Novell.com rock.

http://www.novell.com/headerpreview/

http://www.novell.com/headerpreview/?shadow=true


Disclaimer: As with everything else at Cool Solutions, this content is definitely not supported by Novell (so don't even think of calling Support if you try something and it blows up).

It was contributed by a community member and is published "as is." It seems to have worked for at least one person, and might work for you. But please be sure to test, test, test before you do anything drastic with it.



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gburg's picture

Great improvement

Submitted by gburg on 10 January 2010 - 9:15am.

Great improvement!

My fav is the shadowed one. Why on earth did it take this long to change it? (even though it's not changed, it's still a work in progress)

In other words: change it ASAP! ;-)

Gert

NKP / GWCheck.com

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I like the second option

Submitted by mbusse on 11 January 2010 - 8:03am.

I like the second option better. I don't care for the dimming of the first option.
Mike

MHGlenn's picture

Numbah TWO!

Submitted by MHGlenn on 11 January 2010 - 9:55am.

Definitely the shadowed version. The dim-to-gray effect of the first version is quite distracting.

Thanks.

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Clarification

Submitted by ssalgy on 11 January 2010 - 10:31am.

In case you're confused, the Shadow = true version is a "drop shadow" and the other one is a dimming effect.

The comments posted here so far have been very clear in your preferences, but in other places that we're asking about this, some of the responses have been a little fuzzy.

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Another for number 2

Submitted by Gracal on 11 January 2010 - 1:48pm.

I like the drop-shadow version more than the screen-dim one. It seems cleaner to me. On my hardware the drop-shadow is certainly more smooth. The dim function seems a bit jerky, which could be a function of my browser's javascript speed.

Unrelated to that, I like the menu design on both. The horizontal rules marking the breaks between topic areas adds a nice bit of depth to the menu. Overall, I like the polish.

I especially like the login button outside of the dropdowns.

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nr 2

Submitted by mselan on 12 January 2010 - 3:28am.

I'm definetly for drop shadow version, far more eye pleasing

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Death to the dimmer!

Submitted by paulgear on 12 January 2010 - 5:49am.

Definitely don't dim the screen. There is so much wasted space at the sides on my 1680x1050 laptop screen that the dimming has a noticeable performance impact. The drop shadow highlights the menu perfectly well.

Your menus need to go on the Biggest Loser. Especially that support one - that's just crazy. Sub-menus or further navigation on the target page would be better than those over-sized monstrosities!

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The second version is better

Submitted by tmstone835 on 12 January 2010 - 7:34am.

The second option without the background dimming is far better. The dimming may be a cool programming trick but it is very distracting. I also like your return to a drop-down menu system.

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Number 2 all the way

Submitted by jeffstacey on 12 January 2010 - 8:47am.

I Love the light coloured menus. Much easier to read than the horrible white and blue on black Novell is currently using. That screen dim thing has to be the worst idea ever.

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