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Re: [PATCHv6 3/8] gitweb: right-align date cell in shortlog

From
Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date
Jun 27, 2009, 12:49 UTC
Message-ID
<200906271449.52832.jnareb@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<200906271414.53717.jnareb@gmail.com>
On Sat, 27 Jun 2009, Jakub Narebski wrote:
> On Fri, 26 June 2009, Giuseppe Bilotta wrote:
>> 2009/6/26 Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>:
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>>> Last, and most important: I don't agree with this change.  In my
>>> opinion it does not improve layout (and you didn't provide support
>>> for this change).  Right-align justification should be sparingly,
>>> as it is not natural in left-to-right languages.
>> 
>> Of course, in my opinion it does improve layout.
[..]
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> Compare:
> 
>   15 min ago
>   6 hours ago
>   10 hours ago
>   2 days ago
>   2 weeks ago
>   6 months ago
>   2009-06-12
> 
> with
> 
>     15 min ago
>    6 hours ago
>   10 hours ago
>     2 days ago
>    2 weeks ago
>   6 months ago
>     2009-06-12

It looks IMHO even worse if, because of limited screen width, 'date' column needs to be wrapped. See

  6 months
  ago
versus
   6 months
        ago
-- 
Jakub Narebski
Poland
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Message 35 of 46 in “[PATCHv6 0/8] gitweb: gravatar support”
  1. Giuseppe BilottaJun 25, 2009
  2. 1/8 gitweb: refactor author name insertionGiuseppe Bilotta, Jun 25, 2009
  3. 2/8 gitweb: uniform author info for commit and commitdiffGiuseppe Bilotta, Jun 25, 2009
  4. 3/8 gitweb: right-align date cell in shortlogGiuseppe Bilotta, Jun 25, 2009
  5. 4/8 gitweb: (gr)avatar supportGiuseppe Bilotta, Jun 25, 2009
  6. 5/8 gitweb: gravatar url cacheGiuseppe Bilotta, Jun 25, 2009
  7. 6/8 gitweb: add 'alt' to avatar imagesGiuseppe Bilotta, Jun 25, 2009
  8. 7/8 gitweb: recognize 'trivial' acksGiuseppe Bilotta, Jun 25, 2009
  9. 8/8 gitweb: add avatar in signoff linesGiuseppe Bilotta, Jun 25, 2009
  10. 9/8 gitweb: put signoff lines in a tableGiuseppe Bilotta, Jun 25, 2009
  11. Jakub NarebskiJun 27, 2009
  12. Jakub NarebskiJun 27, 2009
  13. Giuseppe BilottaJun 27, 2009
  14. Jakub NarebskiJun 27, 2009
  15. Junio C HamanoJun 27, 2009
  16. Giuseppe BilottaJun 27, 2009
  17. Jakub NarebskiJun 26, 2009
  18. Thomas AdamJun 27, 2009
  19. Jakub NarebskiJun 26, 2009
  20. Giuseppe BilottaJun 26, 2009
  21. Jakub NarebskiJun 26, 2009
  22. Jakub NarebskiJun 26, 2009
  23. Giuseppe BilottaJun 26, 2009
  24. Jakub NarebskiJun 26, 2009
  25. Giuseppe BilottaJun 26, 2009
  26. Jakub NarebskiJun 26, 2009
  27. Junio C HamanoJun 27, 2009
  28. Giuseppe BilottaJun 27, 2009
  29. Jakub NarebskiJun 26, 2009
  30. Giuseppe BilottaJun 26, 2009
  31. Junio C HamanoJun 26, 2009
  32. Giuseppe BilottaJun 26, 2009
  33. Junio C HamanoJun 26, 2009
  34. Jakub NarebskiJun 27, 2009
  35. Jakub NarebskiJun 27, 2009
  36. Jakub NarebskiJun 25, 2009
  37. Giuseppe BilottaJun 26, 2009
  38. Jakub NarebskiJun 25, 2009
  39. Jakub NarebskiJun 25, 2009
  40. Giuseppe BilottaJun 25, 2009
  41. Jakub NarebskiJun 25, 2009
  42. Giuseppe BilottaJun 25, 2009
  43. Junio C HamanoJun 25, 2009
  44. Giuseppe BilottaJun 25, 2009
  45. Junio C HamanoJun 25, 2009
  46. Jakub NarebskiJun 25, 2009

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