On Sat, 2003-08-09 at 08:45, Jon Lapham wrote: > I would like to propose a change to the www.gnucash.org web site > organization concerning the documentation. If people like this > proposal, I would be happy to make the changes myself. [..snipped..] > ========================================== > > Advantages: > > 1) we clearly show what we think is the best documentation for people to > use. That is, the latest GnuCash documentation. >
good :) > 2) We *still make available* all forms of documentation. No judgements, > every possible documentation concerning GnuCash will be available. > true. but it would be even more available if it was all on the same page, just grouped, but see below.. > 3) This approach is much more extensible, when GnuCash v1.10 comes out, > the documentation for v1.8 simply moves into the [other] link. Hell, if > we have any "older than 1.6 documentation", let's put that on the > [other] link too. > hmm.. ok, "old" stuff could be on a seperate page if you want.. how about instead of labelling it "other" you have a couple of links, one for "older documentation" and one for "external guides" or something. using "other" seems a little too generic for me, and it isn't immediately obvious what exactly you mean by "other", so I would have to click it to find out what is there. > 4) Left hand column of the web site becomes simpler to navigate, less links. > good. > 5) We could put a "in development" link on the [other] page, where > documentation people could put their in development docs. Kind of like > what I am doing now with my own web site. > good. as long as it is clearly labelled. > Disadvantages: > > 1) Two clicks to get to documentation other than the current User Guide > and Help Manual. as long as it is less than four, IMHO you are fine. as an example, check out <http://python.org/doc/>.. they have a very clean interface IMHO. regards, J -- || Jeff MacDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> || Web: <http://zoidtechnologies.com/> || GPG: 1024D/35172A42
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