DMOZ redesign

we have got about 5,000 opinions on what the page should look like and endless discussion about this and that and what people don't like about a particular design.

we can take a couple of things for given I think.

1. Accessibility
2. Strict HTML conformance
3. Cross browser compatibility
4. using modern markup techniques (no tables.. CSS please) 5. Be usable over a modem.

Once we have them we will have a vote and we will go with the majority rule.

There will be several page types to think of:

• a front door
• a typical listing page (with URLs)
• a branch page (with no URLs)
• a search results page
• a tag navigation page

Ideally the listing and branch page should have room on one side to put in a 300-400px wide square for text, maps, or a image and room at the bottom to show related categories, or foreign language alternatives.

Before you get your knickers in a knot.. the 300-400px is not for advertising.

There are 2 competitions. one for the regular web, the other for a phone/mobile.

This competition will be open up the general public as well. It will run for a month (May), with one week for voting.

The prize will be seeing your layout (and name) on DMOZ. no cash.. just the gratitude of over 5,000 active editors, and millions of people each month.

We don't let people pay for submissions, and we don't pay our editors to work for us either..