Re: [pgsql-advocacy] One line new items

From: "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com, pgsql-www(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [pgsql-advocacy] One line new items
Date: 2006-05-17 21:33:49
Message-ID: 20060517182958.L1145@ganymede.hub.org
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On Wed, 17 May 2006, Bruce Momjian wrote:

> Joshua D. Drake wrote:
>> Peter Eisentraut wrote:
>>> Josh Berkus wrote:
>>>> Personally, I think that Martin was on the mark; we just need to
>>>> transform links so that they open in a new window ... which is
>>>> probably what our users want anyway.
>>>
>>> No, that is completely evil.
>>
>> Not really, it is pretty common to open a new window "if" the link takes
>> you from the original site you were viewing.
>
> Commonly annoying it seems. ;-)

Agree there ...

>> Although I don't think the step is required, I think we just need to
>> make sure people are offering something beyond a link if we are going to
>> post their item.
>
> Yep.

Don't disagree here ... but, its not that wide an area on the site, are
things going to look 'bunched up' if we add a 'line of text'? Do we need
to somehow re-org the News/Events section on the site to accommodate the
extra text?

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