Re: [DOCS] Doc fixes and improvements

From: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Thom Brown <thom(at)linux(dot)com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, PostgreSQL www <pgsql-www(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [DOCS] Doc fixes and improvements
Date: 2010-09-10 20:22:30
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On Fri, 2010-09-10 at 21:11 +0100, Thom Brown wrote:
> On 10 September 2010 21:05, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> > Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> writes:
> >> Ok, Thom has merged these changes onto the current website code, and
> >> I've put it up on http://magnus.webdev.postgresql.org - note that you
> >> need to go back to 8.3 to actually see anything, because the db
> >> doesn't have the latest docs.
> >
> > You know, I hate to say it, but this is just way too busy for my taste.
> > The typography is screaming "look at me" instead of staying out of the
> > way. I can't imagine wanting to read any large amount of docs in this
> > presentation.
> >
> > Maybe I'm in the minority.
>
> Do you have any specific recommendations? What would tone it down?

I find it very pleasant. It reminds me of the python docs which are nice
to read as well.

Joshua D. Drake

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