Hi, everyone, Here is my take on the feedback returned on my changes to the documentation:
- RE banner: I am entirely agreeable to a prettier banner, but that request needs the talents of a graphics designer. That is most definitely not me. Does anyone know of one willing to contribute a bit of time? - RE collapsible TOC in navigation pane: this would require JavaScript. We have not used JavaScript at Rogue Wave so I don't know anything about it, although I imagine I could pick it up pretty quickly, at least for something as common as this. We do not use JavaScript because our documentation has always deliberately used very plain vanilla HTML to guarantee it will display well in any browser. Myself, I would suggest keeping it that way. - RE buttons: these do not play much part in the frame view, but they are needed in the No Frames view. We could, of course, just forget about the No Frames view, but I think there are still those who prefer it. - RE incomplete sample: you can get a complete copy of both the reference and user guides by downloading the zip archive at: http://betzmarc.googlepages.com/stdcxx. I would just have put a viewable version up there except I cannot figure out how to upload multiple files, and I am certainly not going to do it one at a time. I would like to suggest that we commit these documents as they are currently so I can get busy on cleansing the documents of references to Rogue Wave, SourcePro, and modules. Then we can fiddle with the format some more later. Is that agreeable? If so, could someone do it? Marc -----Original Message----- From: Martin Sebor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Martin Sebor Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 9:41 PM To: stdcxx-dev@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: [RFC] Apache "look and feel" for stdcxx docs Liviu Nicoara wrote: > Martin Sebor wrote: >> Liviu Nicoara wrote: >>> Martin Sebor wrote: >> Which list? Is there any project that you liked in particular? > > http://directory.apache.org the most. You mean the top banner? I like it okay but I like some others better. If I had to pick one it would probably be Maven (maven.apache.org). Not necessarily the graphic on the right but the overall design of the banner. > >> >> FWIW, I like the Web interface to the Standard C++ Library >> documentation for IBM XLC/C++ 9.0, especially the expandable >> navigation frame on the left. > > Yes, functionally it is complete and it provides a good user experience. > > From an aesthetic point of view it could use a bit of color -- > perhaps a comfortable, subtly colored background, more eye-pleasing icons, etc. Sure. That's always a matter of personal preference but I agree that the predominant black/white/gray makes it a little dull. > > Also, it wouldn't hurt to have browser-neutral html as advocated here: > > http://www.anybrowser.org/ I agree. That shouldn't be something new, though. AFAICT, we're already there. > > E.g., my Firefox renders IBM's site poorly (overlapping text, frames, > etc.). I don't see any serious problems in my browsers (Seamonkey 1.0.9 or FireFox 1.5.0.12) but I can imagine that the navigation tree might give some browsers trouble. We're also constrained by Marc's schedule as to how fancy we can get in these improvements. Martin
