Received: from maia.hub.org (maia-5.hub.org [200.46.204.29]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 95907632716 for ; Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:22:56 -0300 (ADT) Received: from mail.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.86]) by maia.hub.org (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.29]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 58559-06 for ; Fri, 10 Sep 2010 20:22:49 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from spinlock.commandprompt.com (host-215.commandprompt.net [207.173.203.215]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7F996326A9 for ; Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:22:48 -0300 (ADT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by spinlock.commandprompt.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 06F6D348012; Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:22:47 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at commandprompt.com Received: from spinlock.commandprompt.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (spinlock.commandprompt.com.commandprompt.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 0YSXUY071gOM; Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:22:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.132] (unknown [75.142.155.118]) by spinlock.commandprompt.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id DA949348011; Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:22:40 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: [DOCS] Doc fixes and improvements From: "Joshua D. Drake" Reply-To: jd@commandprompt.com To: Thom Brown Cc: Tom Lane , Magnus Hagander , Bruce Momjian , PostgreSQL www In-Reply-To: References: <201009101336.o8ADae526636@momjian.us> <29333.1284149151@sss.pgh.pa.us> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Organization: Command Prompt, Inc. Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:22:30 -0700 Message-ID: <1284150150.5188.24.camel@jd-desktop.unknown.charter.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.28.3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.9 tagged_above=-5 required=5 tests=BAYES_00=-1.9 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 201009/35 X-Sequence-Number: 19122 On Fri, 2010-09-10 at 21:11 +0100, Thom Brown wrote: > On 10 September 2010 21:05, Tom Lane wrote: > > Magnus Hagander 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 -- PostgreSQL.org Major Contributor Command Prompt, Inc: http://www.commandprompt.com/ - 509.416.6579 Consulting, Training, Support, Custom Development, Engineering http://twitter.com/cmdpromptinc | http://identi.ca/commandprompt