Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 20:11:24 -0400 From: "Kyle R. Green" <kyle@kgreen.org> To: nigel@e-easy.com.au Cc: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Handbook Color Scheme Message-ID: <3BB22FEC-A058-11D7-87B6-000A959D227C@kgreen.org> In-Reply-To: <002601c333c8$426f44d0$020aa8c0@aims.private>
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Hi. A couple of things: 1) I find light gray on dark gray slightly hard to read. While the beauty of CSS is that it allows you to create and change the presentation of a website easily without changing the semantic meaning of the content--as you have done--the default presentation for a resource such as the Handbook, which is most users' introduction to the Documentation Project, should be broadly accessible, and highly legible. One of the biggest things that drew me to FreeBSD four years ago was the quality of the documentation compared to that available for most distributions of Linux. Documentation is still one of the greatest factors that sets FreeBSD apart from its peers. 2) When you get to pages with lots of styles such as <http://www.aims.com.au/nigel/freebsd/configtuning-rcng.html>, the wide variety in colors becomes very distracting and focuses the reader's attention on how the text is presented, usurping the content itself. The issue is probably best seen on the above referenced page, where you go from a dark gray background on BODY to a dark blue background on BODY PRE. That said, it is nice to see some different ideas floating about. I'd definitely keep at it. Thanks. On Monday, June 16, 2003, at 06:57 PM, Nigel Weeks wrote: > I had a little play with your docbook.css file, and came up with > something > you might like. > > Here's a demo of it - I did attach it to my original email, but it was > rejected due to the fact that it contained an attachment. > http://www.aims.com.au/nigel/freebsd/ > > The css file is at: > http://www.aims.com.au/nigel/freebsd/docbook.css > > Pop it in a document folder(backup your old one), and see what you > think! > > ps. It's got unix endlines(done on FreeBSD...) ;-) > > Nige. > > -------------------------------------------------------- > Nigel Weeks > E-Easy > 15 Wellington St. Launceston Tas 7250 > Ph. 61 3 6334 6664 > Fax. 61 3 6331 7032 > Email. nigel@e-easy.com.au > Web: www.e-easy.com.au > -------------------------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-doc@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-doc > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-doc-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Kyle R. Green kyle@kgreen.org
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