On 2/2/11 6:06 AM, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
"Denis Koroskin"<2kor...@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:op.vp9wmrreo7cclz@korden-pc...
On Wed, 02 Feb 2011 14:06:11 +0300, Magnus Lie Hetland
<mag...@hetland.org> wrote:
I think perhaps some adjustments could be made to the layout, to make it
more suitable to narrow(ish) browser windows (c.f., the discussio about
80 columns -- without starting a huge thread like that again ;)
For one thing, in narrow(ish) columns, ragged-right might be preferable.
Then again, it may be that the way it looks on my end isn't what's
intended:
http://www.idi.ntnu.no/~mlh/images/std-alg-docs.png
Left menu, Category and Function Name tables do take up about 800 pixels
in width, leaving very little space for Description on small resolution
displays, mostly because of the large font size used and identifiers as
long as "largestPartialIntersectionWeighted".
While there is little we can do with identifier names, I believe font size
could be reduced by about 30% without sacrificing readability. At least in
Opera the page looks well even at 70% scale.
Actually, I think a smaller font improves the readability on that page. Left
as it is, I would always hit "decrease font" two or three times in my
browser before reading. (And that's even not counting the layout problems
the current font size causes.)
OK, for now I removed everything fixing the font size from the css. Take
a look.
I also agree with what others said about needing a better visual boundary
between the different descriptions.
I'll look into this. I saw arguments against alternating colors. Also,
horizontal lines throughout would be ugly. More ideas would be welcome.
Only other thing I could bring up is that I'm really not as much a fan of
justified text as Andrei. But I can live with it fine, of course, just as
I've been doing (and I don't want to start a "left-aligned" vs "justified"
bikeshed war).
Yah, it sometimes does look a bit forced. I'd need to add hyphenation to
make justified text look good.
Andrei
