Re: [DOCS] Doc fixes and improvements

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Thom Brown <thom(at)linux(dot)com>
Cc: 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 20:25:56
Message-ID: 29720.1284150356@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Thom Brown <thom(at)linux(dot)com> writes:
> On 10 September 2010 21:05, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>> 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 still think the colored backgrounds are overused, and there's way too
much bold text. AFAICS all the fixed-width-font text is now bold too,
to no improvement in readability.

regards, tom lane

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