[documentation-dev] Trying out some ideas for reworking the main Documentation Wiki page

2008-12-05 Thread Clayton
The main Documentation Wiki page is starting to get rather long http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation and maybe it is time to look at other ways to present the information on this page... to shorten it up a little and focus on presenting the info a bit better. If you look at the m

Re: [documentation-dev] Trying out some ideas for reworking the main Documentation Wiki page

2008-12-05 Thread Sak
Clayton, I love it! Considerably more user friendly approach. Let them pick the general areas of the documentation they want and drill down, no more clutter right on the landing page to have to sift through. I also think that it'll help with organization and maintenance on our end as well.

Re: [documentation-dev] Trying out some ideas for reworking the main Documentation Wiki page

2008-12-06 Thread Jean-Baptiste Faure
Le 05.12.2008 11:41, Clayton a écrit : The main Documentation Wiki page is starting to get rather long http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation and maybe it is time to look at other ways to present the information on this page... to shorten it up a little and focus on presenting the

Re: [documentation-dev] Trying out some ideas for reworking the main Documentation Wiki page

2008-12-06 Thread sophie
Hi Clayton, Sak wrote: > Clayton, I love it! > > Considerably more user friendly approach. Let them pick the general > areas of the documentation they want and drill down, no more clutter > right on the landing page to have to sift through. I also think that > it'll help with organization and mai

Re: [documentation-dev] Trying out some ideas for reworking the main Documentation Wiki page

2008-12-06 Thread Clayton
>> Considerably more user friendly approach. Let them pick the general >> areas of the documentation they want and drill down, no more clutter >> right on the landing page to have to sift through. I also think that >> it'll help with organization and maintenance on our end as well. > > I agree wi

Re: [documentation-dev] Trying out some ideas for reworking the main Documentation Wiki page

2008-12-06 Thread Drew Jensen
Clayton wrote: Considerably more user friendly approach. Let them pick the general areas of the documentation they want and drill down, no more clutter right on the landing page to have to sift through. I also think that it'll help with organization and maintenance on our end as well. I

Re: [documentation-dev] Trying out some ideas for reworking the main Documentation Wiki page

2008-12-06 Thread sophie
Hi Clayton, Clayton wrote: >>> Considerably more user friendly approach. Let them pick the general >>> areas of the documentation they want and drill down, no more clutter >>> right on the landing page to have to sift through. I also think that >>> it'll help with organization and maintenance on o

Re: [documentation-dev] Trying out some ideas for reworking the main Documentation Wiki page

2008-12-06 Thread Clayton
>> hidden text blocks. Frank has created and example page that gives a >> much better idea what is possible with the hidden/expanded text areas: >> http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation_new >> > > The page Frank put together looks nice. One nit pick however. > Using Firefox under

Re: [documentation-dev] Trying out some ideas for reworking the main Documentation Wiki page

2008-12-06 Thread Alex Fisher
> >> hidden text blocks. Frank has created and example page that gives a > >> much better idea what is possible with the hidden/expanded text areas: > >> http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation_new > > > > The page Frank put together looks nice. One nit pick however. > > Using Firef

Re: [documentation-dev] Trying out some ideas for reworking the main Documentation Wiki page

2008-12-06 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
Drew Jensen wrote: Using Firefox under Ubuntu just now to view it - if I move the mouse kind of slowly the cateories ( with the arrows ) can start to beat on off some. Leave the mouse cursor just a few pixels below the text and this and it just becomes a regular flashing highlight... On my U

Re: [documentation-dev] Trying out some ideas for reworking the main Documentation Wiki page

2008-12-06 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
sophie wrote: Clayton wrote: The page I put together was done just to figure out how to use the hidden text blocks. Frank has created and example page that gives a much better idea what is possible with the hidden/expanded text areas: http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation_new

Re: [documentation-dev] Trying out some ideas for reworking the main Documentation Wiki page

2008-12-06 Thread Sak
Drew Jensen wrote: Using Firefox under Ubuntu just now to view it - if I move the mouse kind of slowly the cateories ( with the arrows ) can start to beat on off some. Leave the mouse cursor just a few pixels below the text and this and it just becomes a regular flashing highlight... I'm als

Re: [documentation-dev] Trying out some ideas for reworking the main Documentation Wiki page

2008-12-08 Thread ccornell - OpenOffice.org
Thank you and Frank for this :) I didn't noticed the More... link at first sight, I think the first reaction is to click on the more prominent link, so I for myself, prefer the first proposal you made with less to read at the first look. However I really like the hidden text blocks. I'll try to m

Re: [documentation-dev] Trying out some ideas for reworking the main Documentation Wiki page

2008-12-08 Thread sophie
Hi Clayton, all, ccornell - OpenOffice.org wrote: >> Thank you and Frank for this :) I didn't noticed the More... link at >> first sight, I think the first reaction is to click on the more >> prominent link, so I for myself, prefer the first proposal you made >> with less to read at the first look

Re: [documentation-dev] Trying out some ideas for reworking the main Documentation Wiki page

2008-12-08 Thread Jean-Baptiste Faure
Le 08.12.2008 15:49, ccornell - OpenOffice.org a écrit : ... I've tinkered a little with the layout Frank came up with and put it here: http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Talk:Documentation/testpage (larger fonts, shorter descriptions etc.) Maybe this will help with making it cl

Re: [documentation-dev] Trying out some ideas for reworking the main Documentation Wiki page

2008-12-08 Thread ccornell - OpenOffice.org
I've tinkered a little with the layout Frank came up with and put it here: http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Talk:Documentation/testpage (larger fonts, shorter descriptions etc.) Maybe this will help with making it clear there is a 'More...' link. Converting it to the original idea is

Re: [documentation-dev] Trying out some ideas for reworking the main Documentation Wiki page

2008-12-09 Thread Uwe Fischer
On 12/08/08 15:49, ccornell - OpenOffice.org wrote: Thank you and Frank for this :) I didn't noticed the More... link at first sight, I think the first reaction is to click on the more prominent link, so I for myself, prefer the first proposal you made with less to read at the first look. Howeve

Re: [documentation-dev] Trying out some ideas for reworking the main Documentation Wiki page

2008-12-09 Thread ccornell - OpenOffice.org
this really looks great. However, I would like to rearrange the links a little bit: Yup... you're right. The links as they are, are not the final layout or anything close. We are still looking at the technical aspects of how present the information. Feel free to rearrange them into somethin

Re: [documentation-dev] Trying out some ideas for reworking the main Documentation Wiki page

2008-12-15 Thread Clayton
I've done some more tinkering on the new Doc Wiki layout ideas... http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Talk:Documentation/testpage This is working on the idea from Uwe to split things up into User and Developer... does that work? Comments/thoughts? Note that the doc list is incomplete for e

Re: [documentation-dev] Trying out some ideas for reworking the main Documentation Wiki page

2008-12-15 Thread Clayton
>> I've done some more tinkering on the new Doc Wiki layout ideas... >> >> http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Talk:Documentation/testpage >> >> This is working on the idea from Uwe to split things up into User and >> Developer... does that work? Comments/thoughts? >> >> Note that the doc lis

Re: [documentation-dev] Trying out some ideas for reworking the main Documentation Wiki page

2008-12-15 Thread Martina Waller
Clayton wrote: I've done some more tinkering on the new Doc Wiki layout ideas... http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Talk:Documentation/testpage This is working on the idea from Uwe to split things up into User and Developer... does that work? Comments/thoughts? Note that the doc list is

Re: [documentation-dev] Trying out some ideas for reworking the main Documentation Wiki page

2008-12-15 Thread Frank Peters
Clayton wrote: I've done some more tinkering on the new Doc Wiki layout ideas... http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Talk:Documentation/testpage This is working on the idea from Uwe to split things up into User and Developer... does that work? Comments/thoughts? The headings are too lon

Re: [documentation-dev] Trying out some ideas for reworking the main Documentation Wiki page

2008-12-15 Thread Clayton
>> http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Talk:Documentation/testpage >> >> This is working on the idea from Uwe to split things up into User and >> Developer... does that work? Comments/thoughts? > > The headings are too long and break awkwardly on narrower > screens. Can we use "Users" "Devel

Re: [documentation-dev] Trying out some ideas for reworking the main Documentation Wiki page

2008-12-17 Thread Gabriel Gurley
Sorry I haven't had an opportunity to join in the discussion before now. But I definitely like the way the testpage is progressing. For me, I have found that the layout makes it easier to find what I am looking for. Clayton, as this progresses, if you find that my Conceptual Guide mater

Re: [documentation-dev] Trying out some ideas for reworking the main Documentation Wiki page

2008-12-17 Thread Clayton
Gabriel Gurley wrote: > Sorry I haven't had an opportunity to join in the discussion before > now. But I definitely like the way the testpage is progressing. For > me, I have found that the layout makes it easier to find what I am > looking for. > > Clayton, as this progresses, if you find that

Re: [documentation-dev] Trying out some ideas for reworking the main Documentation Wiki page

2008-12-19 Thread Gabriel Gurley
Sounds great Clayton. If you need any information regarding the write up of the wiki page or if I can be of assistance, feel free to let me know. Best regards, Gabriel Gurley Author, "A Conceptual Guide to OpenOffice.org 3" Quoting Clayton : Gabriel Gurley wrote: Sorry I haven't had an