[Ecls-list] moderize html doco

[Dean O'Connor]

After reading all the comments on that site 
http://www.notestips.com/80256B3A007F2692/1/TAIO-5TT34F
I can see there are advocates of both sides of the fixed/fluid argument. 
I guess you can't please everybody.
IMO I still believe fixed modest line lengths are alot easier to read 
(for a mostly pure text document anyway), but hey.

If you look at comment #14, there are links to how to use fixed layout 
in em's, as suggested by Gregory earlier.

Cheers
Dean.

Dean O'Connor wrote:

>
> Firstly, Juanjo's design looks fine. My colours were a bit freaky :)
> I would perhaps lighten up the pre blocks background (from that loud 
> blue), or even lose background all together. It kinda distracts the 
> reader from the rest of the text.
> Personally I think the pre block text should just be a different 
> colour or shade.
>
> The reason I chose fixed width is because it easier to read the text 
> that way.
> Have a read of this: 
> http://www.notestips.com/80256B3A007F2692/1/TAIO-5TT34F
> It says it better than any dribble I could come up with.
>
> It should not really be about what we "can" do, but what "works" (for 
> the reader) I think.
> If you choose your text font size's wisely, most readers should not 
> have to zoom, except for closer inspection of snippets perhaps.
>
> Anyway, thanks for running with the idea. I think your project will 
> benefit from it greatly.
>
> Cheers,
> Dean.
>
>
> Juan Jose Garcia Ripoll wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 2006-01-10 at 08:20 -0800, Gregory Martin Pfeil wrote:
>>  
>>
>>> My recommendation would be to forget about putting a width on the  
>>> body and do something like:
>>>
>>> p { max-width: 33em; }
>>>
>>> This keeps long lines from appearing, and scales well when people  
>>> increase the font size. I'd say it's the single most important line  
>>> in a style sheet.
>>>   
>>
>>
>> However, it is still a fixed size that does not take the size of the
>> browser window into account. I have created a sample stylesheet
>> (attached below) and used it to format the ECL documentation. Colors
>> have been chosen to match those of the ECL homepage. I like them, but
>> for some people they might be too simple.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Juanjo
>>  
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> html { background: #000; }
>> body {
>>     width: 80%;
>>     margin: 4em 10% 0 10%;
>>        line-height: 1.4;
>>        padding: 0 2em 1em 2em;
>>        font-family: sans-serif;
>>     background: #FFF;
>>     min-height: 90%;
>> }
>> h1 { background: #DDD; }
>> h2 { background: #DDD; }
>> h3 { background: #DDD; }
>> body.p { text-align: justify; max-width: 100%; }
>> pre {
>>        font-family: Fixed, monospace;
>>     font-weight: bold;
>>     max-width: 100%;
>>     background: #11F;
>>     color: #FFF;
>>     overflow: auto;
>> }
>> a { color: #000; font-weight: bold; }
>> div.node { background: #DDD;
>>     position: fixed;
>>     top: 0;
>>     height: 3em;
>>     width: 80%;
>>     left: 10%;
>>     right: 10%;
>>     padding: 0 2em;
>>     line-height: 1;
>>     font-weight: bold;
>> }
>> hr { display: none; }
>>  
>>
>
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