Re: Non-breaking spaces in perlmonks nav bar

Why is having a link wrap a bad thing? I like this form of efficient use of my screen. Currently, "The Monastery Gates" has a line break in it, and I don't mind. Maybe it should be an option, though...

2;0 juerd@ouranos:~$ perl -e'undef christmas'
Segmentation fault
2;139 juerd@ouranos:~$
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Re: Re: Non-breaking spaces in perlmonks nav bar by japh (Friar) on Dec 21, 2001 at 12:29 UTC
The sections are named somewhat arcanely as it is. A newcomer browsing the site (ok, it was me last year and now again as i reacquaint myself) might get confused and assume "Seekers of Perl" is a download zone, with a vague "Wisdom" wrapped on the next line.	[reply]
Re: Re: Re: Non-breaking spaces in perlmonks nav bar by Juerd (Abbot) on Dec 21, 2001 at 12:41 UTC
Let them think it is. As always, reading is important. Not reading will cause confusion. That's with code, documentation... and PerlMonks. This is my 7th day on PerlMonks now, but as a newcomer, I have no trouble at all navigating the site. (It was a bit hard when I first visited this site, because I didn't see the nodelets (dual headed system, with a browser window somewhere in the middle) :) Maybe the word "Perl" should be removed from the navigation bar (not in "Perl Monks Discussion", of course), 'cause the whole site is about Perl. ('Cool Uses', 'Seekers of Wisdom', 'News')... 'Monastery Gates' would be better too, imho - or be consistent and have 'The Snippets', 'The Cool Uses for Perl', etcetera :) `2;0 juerd@ouranos:~$ perl -e'undef christmas' Segmentation fault 2;139 juerd@ouranos:~$` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Re: Non-breaking spaces in perlmonks nav bar by AidanLee (Chaplain) on Dec 21, 2001 at 19:23 UTC
Beyond line breaks within links, it's generally a Bad Thing in terms of simple UI rules: "thou shalt be consistent." If the position of the navigational links changes depending on the width of your browser window, it greatly slows down one's ability to navigate the site. It requires you actually read/skim through the links every time you want to go use them (well, every time your browser window changes width, which for me (and many other developers with lots of windows open) is often), rather than being able to move your mouse to a consistent location within the browser window, knowing that the link to section X is always right there	[reply]