> >Update at > >http://garibaldi.commerce.ubc.ca:8080/ap13/htdocs/manual/ > > I'd take out both of the thinner/narrower <hr>s, but they're > okay as is. Looks nice, although personally I'd prefer 3 columns with > <small>. >
This has certainly gone through a few iterations. I have updated it once again. I took out most of the horizontal lines, and I moved the search back up to the top. I'm not sure which way I like it better. One other issue here, is that if I change the header of all the docs to match this one, then I will be putting HTML 4.0 markup in docs which are marked as HTML 3.2. This shouldn't affect anything except validation, but it may be an issue. I'm not prepared to go through every single doc to change the <DOCTYPE> line at the moment. Here are my arguments against the <small> 3 column layout: - I don't see a good reason to override the font that people have chosen for their web browser. I know, most sites do it, but as a philisophical issue, we should be leaving as much of the presentation as possible in the hands of the client. - All the other docs are in the standard font, so it would be strange to have the main page in a smaller font. - Scattering tons of <small>s around makes the markup uglier. - The three column layout seemed too busy visually. I think it was harder to find the relevant infromation with a quick scan in that layout. Joshua.
