I have taken another look in IE8 and the site/docs is now much more usable with the headings updated (I did just notice that the JIRA lookup field also doesn't work though). It obviously doesn't look as nice as with newer browsers but it is now basically no more difficult to use than the current site is for users of old broswers, so I would now be happy for it to be live while working on further improvement.
Robbie On 5 July 2013 20:27, Justin Ross <[email protected]> wrote: > Please have a look at the head. I've made adjustments. > > http://people.apache.org/~jross/transom/head/ > > On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 6:41 AM, Robbie Gemmell <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I'm not sure if we are seeing different things, or just disagree on how > > well the documentation works when using IE8. > > I see the same thing you do. I think we disagree about the severity. > > > This is what I see for the Java broker docbook content when using IE8 and > > Firefox > > > http://people.apache.org/~robbie/qpid/website/2ndJuly2013/java_broker_book-ie8.png > > > http://people.apache.org/~robbie/qpid/website/2ndJuly2013/java_broker_book-ff.png > > > > Is this what you get? The content being in a bolder and larger font than > > when using Firefox is a little annoying but obviously survivable, however > > that it also dwarfs the headings is more of an issue and for me makes the > > documentation significantly more difficult to use. Although annoying, I > can > > overlook the links magically dropping on to new lines (it doesnt seem to > do > > it all of the time, so that might even be an issue with the docbook > source). > > I've introduced better contrast between the body and heading text on > IE now. I have not, however, been able to figure out the problem with > the links starting on new lines yet. > > > I am not suggesting that we need to have anything like parity with the > > modern browsers, but I do think we should ensure the new site doesnt seem > > actively hostile to those still stuck on older browsers like IE8 (which > is > > unfortunately still a lot of people). > > I agree, these are problems worth solving, and I will continue to work > on them. Should they block the transition to the new site? In my > opinion, they should not. > > Justin > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
