On 26 August 2010 18:03, Joshua D. Drake <jd@commandprompt.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 2010-08-26 at 08:03 +0100, Thom Brown wrote:
>
>> > Yeah, quite impressive. Would love to know how Thom did that. And if I
>> > can borrow it for the french translation of the manual :)
>>
>> Thanks, although I'm worried it's a bit too distracting. I got a bit
>> carried away as originally it was only to make the documentation more
>> readable, so if these changes make it less functional, it doesn't
>> really matter if it looks good or not.
>
> I would consider two things since we are talking documentation.
>
> 1. Drop the shadow
Okay.
> 2. Keep the sizes consistent on the borders (notably the left side)
All borders in the updated image are identical.
> It is great for it to be aesthetically pleasing but if we have those
> minor inconsistencies I think it would be distracting from the
> information itself.
Agreed, and it's sort of experimental at the moment. If it doesn't
help present information better, it's useless really.
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