On 3/21/06 5:59 PM, "Joel de Guzman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> David Abrahams wrote: >> Joel de Guzman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >>> Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 02:04:02 +0800 >>> Reply-To: [email protected] >>> >>> Daryle Walker wrote: >>> >>>> [I've added the main Boost list to this response so the MPL guys can see >>>> it.] >>>> >>>> On 3/16/06 5:46 AM, "Joel de Guzman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> In the link I presented a while ago (http://snipurl.com/no8s), >>>>> you might have noticed that the headings are clickable. >>>>> Headings now link to itself. Again, this is borrowed from >>>>> the MPL docs. This allows you to right click and copy >>>>> the URL, for example (especially useful in deeply nested >>>>> sections). You know where you are, anywhere. >>>> >>>> So my final advice is to remove this mis-feature, and have the MPL docs >>>> purge it too. >>> >>> Good points! Thanks for taking the trouble to explain in detail. >>> Makes perfect sense, IMO. >> >> >> Not to me. Despite what Daryle says, the feature hurts nobody (or at >> least he hasn't explained why it hurts anyone), and once you discover >> it's there, it's very useful. If there were a more explicit way to >> implement those links without interfering with presentation, I might >> go for it, but I don't have any brilliant ideas and nobody else has >> offered any so for now, that's the best we can do. > > It is very useful indeed. I can attest to that. It's very useful for > me when I have to provide someone with information. I can simply > right click and grab the URL of the specific section I wish to > share. The alternative would be to go back to the table of contents > and grab the link there. Two more clicks away, and possibly error > prone (I have to verify that what I grabbed is the correct section). > > So... yes, Daryle, I'd like to hear if you have a better suggestion. I think you and Dave confused yourselves. What you guys think I said had nothing to do with what I actually said. You think I'm complaining about links that jump to a sub-section anchor within the same page. I'm only talking about a link that jumps to the same page as a whole (no anchor in particular). Ironically, the page you gave as an example, <http://snipurl.com/no8s>, only has the self-whole-page link I actually complained about, and zero instances of the cross-section links you thought I was complaining about. Whoever snipped my full explanation away did a big disservice. I thought that maybe I didn't make the distinction clear, but I realize that I shouldn't have to make the distinction at all. The distinction is important, but the profiled page only has a self-whole-page link and no cross-section links, so possibility never entered my mind. I have no idea how you and Dave presumed that cross-section links were my focus. [Aside: if my impromptu terms "self-whole-page link" and "cross-section links" confuse you, here's an example. In file "my_page.html": <!-- ... --> <!-- This is a self-whole-page link --> <p>This <a href="my_page.html">link</a> uselessly reloads the current page.</p> <!-- These are cross-section links --> <h2 id="contents">Contents</h2> <p><a href="#text1">Text 1</a></p> <h2 id="text1">Text 1</h2> <p>Go back to <a href="#contents">contents</a>.</p> <!-- ... --> ] -- Daryle Walker Mac, Internet, and Video Game Junkie darylew AT hotmail DOT com ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Boost-docs mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe and other administrative requests: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/boost-docs
