On 25.03.2012 17:26, Ned Batchelder wrote: > On 3/25/2012 2:34 AM, Georg Brandl wrote: >> Here's another try, mainly with default browser font size, more contrast and >> collapsible sidebar again: >> >> http://www.python.org/~gbrandl/build/html2/ > Georg, thanks so much for taking on this thankless task with grace and > skill. It can't be easy dealing with the death by a thousand tweaks, > and I know I've contributed to the flurry. > > Nowhere on the page is a simple link to the front page of python.org. > Perhaps the traditional upper-left corner could get a bread-crumb before > "Python v3.3a1 documentation" that simply links to python.org. Maybe, > use the word Python that is already there: [Python] ยป [v3.3a1 > documentation]. People do arrive at doc pages via search engines, and > connecting the docs up to the rest of the site would be a good thing.
Indeed. I'm trying to tweak that right now. > Speaking of links to other pages, the doc front page, under "Other > resources" lists Guido's Essays and New-style Classes second and third. > These each point to extremely outdated material ("Unifying types and > classes in 2.2", and "Unfortunately, new-style classes have not yet been > integrated into Python's standard documention." ??). Another, "Other > Doc Collections," points to an empty apache-style directory listing > :-(. These links should be removed if we don't want to keep those > sections of the site up-to-date. I know this is not strictly part of > the redesign, but I just noticed it and thought I would throw it out there. That would be best to capture in a bugs.python.org issue, I think. > I agree about the outlined style for "New" notices, and the red for > deprecation is extremely alarming! :) Changed. > I'll make one last plea for not justifying short paragraphs full of > unbreakable elements, but I know I am in the minority. :) >> I've also added a little questionable gimmick to the sidebar (when you >> collapse >> it and expand it again, the content is shown at your current scroll >> location). > I especially like using dynamic elements on a page to adapt to a > reader's needs. I have some other ideas that I'll try to cobble together. That would be great. Georg _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com