Re: documentation navigation - Mailing list pgsql-docs

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: documentation navigation
Date
Msg-id 201101280340.p0S3eeW04533@momjian.us
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In response to Re: documentation navigation  (Thom Brown <thom@linux.com>)
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Thom Brown wrote:
> On 28 January 2011 02:35, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:
> > There has been discussion about how hard it is to navigate our
> > documentation, particularly the lack of an "Up" link at the top of the
> > page, and uselessness of the "fast forward/backward" links.
> >
> > Who is going to correct this? ?Should I do it? ?Where should I look?
>
> I'd find it more useful if the navigation were more like the French
> version of the docs.  Instead of prev/next, it replaces them with the
> titles of the sections those links would navigate to, although I think
> it would be nicer to precede it with the section number too.  I don't
> think "up" is particularly useful either, since it's not clear what
> page you'll land on, which again, the French docs have solved by
> having a breadcrumb-style nav at the top.

Agreed.  That would be even better.  My point was just that we should do
_something_.

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