Re: development docs waste a lot of horizontal space
"Forest" <[email protected]>
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This issue is now in the tracker: http://bugs.python.org/issue3143 On Wed, May 7, 2008 3:24 pm, Forest wrote: > Hi, folks. > > I was just browsing the development docs, and noticed that the new > left-side navigation bar wastes a lot of horizontal space on the web page. > It fills nearly a third of my browser window (at its usual size) with > useless blank space, at the expense of the pertinent information. This > makes it harder to get much use out of a docs window placed next to my > editor window, since I am now forced to switch active windows and/or > scroll around the docs window just to read the section I'm working with. > In a few cases, it leaves space for so few words per line that even the > visible part of the docs actually become harder to read (especially with > text justification). > > For comparison, here are screen shots from the old and new documentation: > http://hestiafire.org/forest/img/doc25.png > http://hestiafire.org/forest/img/doc26.png > > Is this side bar going to be present in the final release of the python > 2.6 docs? I hope not. It's a significant loss in readability, IMHO. > > > _______________________________________________ Doc-SIG maillist - [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/doc-sig