Re: New CHM manual opinions

Hello Bruno, Monday, October 29, 2001, 8:01:27 PM, you wrote: BF> I've taken a good look at the new PHP manual design. I am a webdeveloper BF> (and sometimes designer), and i've looked already through a "couple" of BF> pages :) BF> I have to say that it looks a bit like the manual is straying from its BF> initial purpose. Not that it actually IS, really, it is a manual after all. BF> But the new proposed enhancements seem, as far as I (and the person sitting BF> next to me who does a great deal of design) am concerned, the new proposed BF> design hinders readability quite a lot. A manual ought to be precise and Aha! Just like a said! :)) BF> well-written, and while eye-candy is certainly attractive and can help in BF> leading the eye and not allowing for the reader to get too tired for BF> looking at the "same old text". The Konqueror help-system does look good, BF> but mainly because there are softer contrasts and the use of cool (cold?) BF> colors, blue in this case, helps a lot. Yess! :) BF> The new proposal doesn't help a lot for readability. Things ought to be BF> kept simpler, especially, with simples colours and not so many contrasts in Yeah! :) BF> the text area. If I can manage to find some time, I'll try for a design of BF> my own, though I can't promise. BF> Bruno Ferreira -- Best regards, Olexandr mailto:supaboy@i.com.ua