Re: minor? PHP manual interface suggestion

On 7/14/07, Elliot Smith <temp@elliotsmith.us> wrote:

There is a cumbersome or inconvenient property of the PHP manual at the php.net web site: The "User Contributed Notes" for a manual page are rendered between the manual page and the footer of the page. In most instances, many if not most users will not wish to read any of the User Notes, and will prefer instead to read only the manual page. The user must then scroll to the bottom of the page to reach the page footer which serves as a navigational aid. On most platforms in most browsers, this can be accomplished by hitting the "end" key on the keyboard, however it's bad Windoze-like Human Interface karma to ask the user to use a different interface elements in different contexts for performing the same friggin task in each context, e.g. scrolling, and furthermore it would be ideal if the user did not have to scroll when the user has no interest in scrolling and only wants to utilize the navigation features of the footer. Therefore on pages where there are a lot of user comments, the page footer should be rendered both at the end of the manual page and also rendered at the end of the user comments. Ideally the user would have the option of having the page's navigation footer 'float' at the bottom of the page. This could easily be accomplished with frames. :) (Just kidding about the frames!) Thanks for considering this,

The "navigation aid" you are referring to is also available at the top of every page. I do however see your point and will take it under consideration :) -Hannes