Oh, well, I was reading documentation on packaging and I saw 2 types of pages. Like this one:
http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/python-policy/ch-python.html That has none styles set, and like this one http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-scope.html that has margin: 5px set on body. About wideness of your screen -- it doesn't matter how wide your screen is. I don't know what is the golden standard, quick search work showed, for example, this http://webtypography.net/Rhythm_and_Proportion/Horizontal_Motion/2.1.2/ -- I'm OK if you choose something different from 800px, but the main idea is that current width is too much for comfortable reading and it should never exceed 800px (or whatever). I don't think there's an industry standard for this, or it's being hidden somewhere. When I was choosing a comfortable reading width for my blog that has code-samples, I chose 800px and I love it. I find it as a good balance between comfort reading and providing some code samples. Example -- http://www.redhotchilipython.com/posts/2011-06-17-safe-html-wysiwyg.html Right now I use firebug to set that style while reading debian docs and I can say that it's really so much better now. (old - http://dl.dropbox.com/u/865508/deb_1.png , new - http://dl.dropbox.com/u/865508/deb_2.png ) Thanks! On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 3:43 AM, Osamu Aoki <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 02:12:50AM +0200, Kostya Rybnikov wrote: > > Hi! > > > > I'm trying to get started and read HTML docs and what I can say that it > is > > hard to read in it's current view. > > Please be specific which one. As I see: > http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ > http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ > These use > <body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" > alink="#0000FF"> > > > So I suggest to improve reading process > > by adding small change on HTML generation: add style="max-width: 800px; > > margin: 0pt auto;" inside body tag. That would make a huge difference. > > > > Why 800px? Cell phone may be narrower and my desktop is wider. > > What is the reference style guide which support your preference? > > Without proper justification, I do not think we have any reason to change. > > Is this some well established industry standard? I have no idea. > > Regards, > > Osamu >
