On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 08:52:08AM -0500, Tim McNamara wrote: > > On Jun 23, 2009, at 7:11 AM, David Stocker wrote: > >> 2. On the documentation page, maybe it would be better to choose a >> wording other than "Normal Users" for the second section of >> documentation links. This might imply that "Beginning Users" are >> somehow /abnormal/. Maybe "Regular Users" or "Experienced Users" >> would be a better choice. > > How about "New Users," "Intermediate Users" and "Expert Users?"
I've split this into Intro, Frequent use, Infrequent use; a new version will probably be online in 4-8 hours, so let me know what you think of that version. > I hate cluttered web pages (and hence I don't like most web pages- few > Web site designers seem to have much knowledge about visual perception > and lots of knowledge about JavaScript, and so they play to their > strength) so I like the nice clean look proposed here. This "clean look" is (deliberately) enforced by our choice of languages: I write the content in texinfo (the language our manuals are created in), and Patrick write a CSS file to change the presentation of that content. > Color coding also makes it easier for the eye to follow- beginning user > information in Color 1, intermediate user information in Color 2, expert > user information in Color 3. This could simply be done by changing the > colors behind the navigation bar at the top of the page to reflect the > skill level for that page. ... however, due to our choice of technical setup, altering the navigation bar would be extremely tricky. Sorry. I agree this could be a nice feature, but I can't see it being worth the trouble to make it work. The system is designed for a clean, uniform presentation -- especially in the navigation. Making special cases like this would be a huge pain. > On the "Learning Manual" page on my computer, the second navigation bar > (starting with "(main)") wraps to a second line and covers part of the > first line of the text. The wrapped part contains "Other Documentation" > and "Other Versions." We'll certainly be working on issues like this, but not for the next few days -- we want to get the overall structure in place first. > Text should scale appropriately if the user chooses to override font > size, like I do with my middle aged eyes on a 12" laptop screen. This shouldn't be a problem; doesn't it work? > If we see layout problems with specific computers, browsers, etc., maybe > it would be helpful to send screenshots to a single point person to > provide demonstration of the problem. Who will this person be? Probably Patrick, if nobody else wants to help with the design. Wait a few days; let's see if we get more volunteers. :) Cheers, - Graham _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
