The Public Domain page just changed and is now much richer, but also more complex. It is now non-trivial to understand its structure. Whereas the previous version only had 2 sections, “CC0” and “Public Domain Mark”, the new one keeps these (as “CC0” and “Public Domain Dedication”), but among several more.
After about a minute, I understood the structure, but I first had to use the page inspector to confirm that “CC0” was a header.
Some things which are contributing to the confusion:
- The very narrow width stretches headers over a long (tall) space.
- The rare/“original” positioning of labels (“badges”), causing an unusual alignment of these 2 headers (shifted to the right by the floating labels)
- The links on these 2 headers, making them even more unusual
- The absence of a table of contents
- The self-link on “Public Domain Dedication”
- The use of the title “Public Domain Dedication” about the PDM
I suppose there are several ways to mitigate/solve that, but I would particularly recommend:
- At least 1 of:
- Adding a ToC
- Making sections extendable/collapsible
- Making the distinction between a subsection and its parent clear, either by increasing indentation or adding a border
- Renaming “Public Domain Dedication” to “Public Domain Mark” or defining “Public Domain Dedication”
- Not linking to itself. I am guessing the current target is a bug, and rather supposed to link to information/material about the PDM.
- At least 1 of:
- Floating the labels to the right
- Moving the labels after the headers rather than before
By the way, each image of the 2 sections is in its figure element. It's not clear to me which role these 2 elements play (as containers), but they are invalid (due to the id attribute).
🅭🄍
The Public Domain page just changed and is now much richer, but also more complex. It is now non-trivial to understand its structure. Whereas the previous version only had 2 sections, “CC0” and “Public Domain Mark”, the new one keeps these (as “CC0” and “Public Domain Dedication”), but among several more.
After about a minute, I understood the structure, but I first had to use the page inspector to confirm that “CC0” was a header.
Some things which are contributing to the confusion:
I suppose there are several ways to mitigate/solve that, but I would particularly recommend:
By the way, each image of the 2 sections is in its
figureelement. It's not clear to me which role these 2 elements play (as containers), but they are invalid (due to theidattribute).🅭🄍