Re: [Manual] Unreadable navigation links and oversize titles

[Thérèse Godefroy]

Hi Ludo,

Thanks for your input.

Le 14/12/2020 à 09:11, Ludovic Courtès a écrit :
> Hi Thérèse,
> 
> Apologies if the changes had undesirable effects!  I’m of course open to
> changes in the CSS.
>> Thérèse Godefroy <godef.th@free.fr> skribis:
> 
>> There are 2 issues:
>>
>> 1. Navigation links.
>> Some people are able to easily see very small print with very low
>> contrast. I am not, and many people are like me. See the WACG
>> Guidelines, especially criterion 1.4.6 [0], which www.gnu.org tries to
>> satisfy.
> 
> Understood.  The problem I saw before this change is that the navigation
> links were too prominent and cluttering the page.  Reducing the font
> size seemed like one way to address that.
>
Yes, but you can't reduce font size, use a thinner font and use a
lighter color, all at the same time. :-)

> Ideally, they’d be displayed (say) in the margin on wide-enough
> displays, and they’d be hidden altogether on small displays
> (smartphones).
> 
> WDYT?
>
Of course it would be better. But the most important word here is
"ideally". Judging from the time it takes to get any style change
accepted on gnu.org, I'm not sure anyone will want to get into this
business.

>> 2. Huge headings.
>> It's not only a matter of taste. They decrease usability on smartphones.
> 
> OK, let’s adjust that; please go ahead or send a patch.  On my laptop it
> looks fine and makes sections more distinguishable IMO.
> 
I forwarded my original message to you. It has the patch.

> I’m not really a style person :-), but I think we should aim for
> something like <https://docs.racket-lang.org/reference/index.html>.
> On-line manuals are often how people discover the software, so I think
> we should make sure they’re pleasant to read.
>
Agreed. But see above.

> Thanks,
> Ludo’.
> 

Best,
Thérèse