[ALLY] Re: REBOL Dictionary Returns
From: joel:neely:fedex at: 11-May-2001 6:46
Hi, Petr & Carl,
>From a different perspective...
Petr Krenzelok wrote:
> Hello Carl,
>
> as for formatting - it is formatted well, but it simply is "plain"
> and is not "nice".
>
Well, maybe not "plain", but "clean" -- which is nearly synonymous
nice
in my book. When it comes to hard-core reference material,
I prefer as little visual distraction (and as much content) as
possible.
> I remember the same doc with very nice color scheme, where command
> was in white-on-black color scheme, refinements white-on-magenta,
> description white-on-bright-brown or something like that ... and
>
Reverse text for the command is a very good thing, simultaneously
providing visual breaks between topics, emphasis for the "search
keys", and minimum of lost space. (Although generally I like
whitespace in a graphic design, in this case minimizing scrolling
and/or pages of print would be A Good Thing.)
As for the rest of the coloring, PLEASE be cautious. When printing
on a non-color printer, various color-on-color combinations can
harm readability by reducing contrast (and also burn up toner/ink
much faster ;-). Finally, as a significant percentage of the
(male, oddly enough) population has some degree of color-blindness,
such documents should NEVER depend on color-coding alone for
critical distinctions.
> ... the spacing was not so drastic, and also function names are
> just way too big ...
>
As above, I'd agree that reducing page count would be good. It
currently prints 159 pages on one of my printers (and that's
with some omissions still in place -- e.g., binary!, object!,
etc.)
-jn-
