On 17.08.2009 16:06, Humdinger wrote:
Hi there! Though this is maybe a topic for the doc mailing list, I think the visuals of the guide are important to many more people than are subscribed there. I always felt that the user guide looks pretty decent with a certain width but doesn't any more when the browser window is resized above, say, 800 pixels. Now that the fixed width website is coming (Yay!), I was wondering how you guys feel about adopting the new website style (CSS) for the guide. Regards, Humdinger
Hi,I don't like fixed-width web pages, usually. But since the User Guide is mainly text, which is hard to read width more than ~60 characters per line, I'd suggest using a max-width of 750px. This keeps the numbers of chars per line on a reasonable number, but still makes it possible to view it on an smaller screen (800px minus ~50px for browser chrome and scrollbars). Maybe you could even add a min-width of, let's say 640px. This would a good compromise between screen size and flexible styling (enough place for the logo and screenshots).
Using a max-width would also mean that screenshots shouldn't be wider, otherwise it looked awkward.
Regards, Julius
