Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 10:59:00 -0500 From: Thomas Hoffmann <trh411@gmail.com> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Cc: Glen Barber <gjb@freebsd.org>, Gabor Kovesdan <gabor@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: docs/144515: [handbook] Expand handbook Table of contents Message-ID: <CAB7-odk36PQawmUG=LyDu1wXcnSVqmxtT7n1AkFL4T19rC_=_Q@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <52E13ACC.2020005@FreeBSD.org> References: <201401221442.s0MEgd2o082802@freefall.freebsd.org> <52E075F7.7020105@a1poweruser.com> <20140123020029.GE52955@glenbarber.us> <52E1053A.8000608@a1poweruser.com> <834FD10A-0519-42F1-B804-DCE7428A863F@FreeBSD.org> <CAB7-odngKOODXCtD2NsxzG-8v5y5TFtxe-SRTSUujZ7wesy%2BrA@mail.gmail.com> <52E13ACC.2020005@FreeBSD.org>
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On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 10:52 AM, Gabor Kovesdan <gabor@freebsd.org> wrote: > On 2014.01.23. 16:31, Thomas Hoffmann wrote: > >> Well, to focus this back on the original point, I'd like to see the Table >> of Contents for the Handbook take better advantage of the horizontal >> "page". I use a 24" monitor @ 1920x1200 and there is a lot of [wasted] >> white space on my screen when viewing the TOC. It takes me eight (8) mouse >> scroll movements to get from top to bottom (or eighteen (18) scroll bar >> clicks). It's got to be even worse for folks with small screens. It would >> be good if we could redesign the TOC to take better advantage of the >> horizontal "page", something that would work for large an small screen >> users. >> > As you state here, the list is already so long, that's exactly why > subsections are not included... > > >> The individual sections of the Handbook use the full horizontal "page", >> why not the TOC? >> > What do you exactly mean by horizontal page? > > Gabor > I agree, the TOC is already too long vertically. Adding subsections would exacerbate the problem. By "horizontal page" I mean taking advantage of the full screen width, for example, by using multi-columns or similar technique. That would get more info on each screen page. Compare the TOC with the x-config.html page ( http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x-config.html), which uses the full page width. -Tom
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