On 25.03.2012 17:26, Ned Batchelder wrote:
> On 3/25/2012 2:34 AM, Georg Brandl wrote:
>> Here's another try, mainly with default browser font size, more contrast and
>> collapsible sidebar again:
>>
>> http://www.python.org/~gbrandl/build/html2/
> Georg, thanks so much for taking on this thankless task with grace and
> skill. It can't be easy dealing with the death by a thousand tweaks,
> and I know I've contributed to the flurry.
>
> Nowhere on the page is a simple link to the front page of python.org.
> Perhaps the traditional upper-left corner could get a bread-crumb before
> "Python v3.3a1 documentation" that simply links to python.org. Maybe,
> use the word Python that is already there: [Python] ยป [v3.3a1
> documentation]. People do arrive at doc pages via search engines, and
> connecting the docs up to the rest of the site would be a good thing.
Indeed. I'm trying to tweak that right now.
> Speaking of links to other pages, the doc front page, under "Other
> resources" lists Guido's Essays and New-style Classes second and third.
> These each point to extremely outdated material ("Unifying types and
> classes in 2.2", and "Unfortunately, new-style classes have not yet been
> integrated into Python's standard documention." ??). Another, "Other
> Doc Collections," points to an empty apache-style directory listing
> :-(. These links should be removed if we don't want to keep those
> sections of the site up-to-date. I know this is not strictly part of
> the redesign, but I just noticed it and thought I would throw it out there.
That would be best to capture in a bugs.python.org issue, I think.
> I agree about the outlined style for "New" notices, and the red for
> deprecation is extremely alarming! :)
Changed.
> I'll make one last plea for not justifying short paragraphs full of
> unbreakable elements, but I know I am in the minority.
:)
>> I've also added a little questionable gimmick to the sidebar (when you collapse
>> it and expand it again, the content is shown at your current scroll location).
> I especially like using dynamic elements on a page to adapt to a
> reader's needs. I have some other ideas that I'll try to cobble together.
That would be great.
Georg
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