[Bf-docboard] nav bars

[Matt Ebb]

On 05/08/2006, at 02:23 AM, Ryan Dale wrote:

> > Although there are few loose ends, I'm calling this project  
> complete.
>
> Impressive work Matt!  It was sorely needed and you did a great job  
> on it.  It makes the manual look more professional, and I hope your  
> changes will make it easier for editors and readers alike.

Thanks very much!

> One potentially misleading issue I see is the nav bar at the bottom  
> of some pages (the one with "Previous Page", "Contents", and "Next  
> Page").   I'm guessing they're remnants of the original manual  
> because some pages have them and some pages don't.  I think they  
> sort of force an artificially linear structure on the manual.
>
> What about completely removing those nav bars?  The TOC page would  
> become a master list of all the content and would define the  
> structure of the manual.  Need to add a page?  Add a link to it in  
> the TOC and you're done, instead of working out which page should  
> be "previous" and which should be "next", then editing the nav bars  
> of those respective pages.

Ack I did forget about those, didn't I... I agree that those bars add  
a substantial burden to new page authors. I wouldn't be against  
removing them all together either.

I wonder how much people actually use that. I don't think I ever  
have, myself, and I doubt many people would want to use the reference  
manual as a linear book, more like jumping to bits that they are  
interested in.

Any other thoughts?

cheers

Matt


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