Comment 41 for bug 280958

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Julian Edwards (julian-edwards) wrote : Re: [Bug 280958] Re: Package page doesn't show PPAs for that package

> Missing?
> It's on each row! :)

Haha! I meant the big one! :)

> > 2. There's a massive white space on the left. It's pretty ugly :(
>
> I know. The reason for this so so it doesn't look like part of the
> content, which it's not. So it's not terribly beautiful, but it allows
> packagers to ignore it pretty easily.
> I couldn't find a better way of doing this, but suggestions are
> welcome (or begged for!).

I think the only way you can make it not look really like part of the main
content is to make it a portlet. Or put a border around it like Michael did.

Other things that come to mind are:
 * Make its font smaller
 * Wrap it inside either the version table (which is massive)
 * Wrap it inside the history
 * Make it take up less space on the screen.

The portlet solution is slighly controversial and awkward because Launchpad is
moving away from using portlets (which many don't like, and I personally think
it only works well on some pages. not all).

The solution that Michael did was, I thought, pretty good in that it made
several visual distinctions and it really didn't look like the main content
nor wasn't too ugly.