From: Gennady Bystritksy <gfb@...>
Date: 2005-06-21T23:55:17+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] Frameless RDoc template ('technology preview')

FWIW, It does not work in Firefox showing content only in the leftmost 
pannel, other 2 are empty (IE is ok).

Gennady.

John W. Long wrote:
> Ben Giddings wrote:
> 
>> Hey John, lovely design as usual.
>>
>> The problem I see isn't so much "framed" vs "frameless" but more the 
>> contents of the boxes.
>>
>> The files box: Most of the time, I don't care...
>>
>> The classes box: This is useful, until...
>>
>> The methods box: Whoa...
>>
>> I still think the original pickaxe online documentation has the 
>> easiest to navigate interface to the core api:
>>
>> http://www.rubycentral.com/book/builtins.html
>>
>  > . . .
> 
>>
>> I wonder, is RDoc flexible enough to allow someone to generate a page 
>> like the above?
> 
> 
> I'm sure it is. It might take a little hacking, but I'm sure you could 
> get it to do that.
> 
> Did you notice that the list boxes are linked in my first link:
> 
>  > http://johnwlong.com/downloads/rubyred-rdoc-template-test-1.html
> 
> Clicking one of the items in the list narrows the amount of items 
> displayed in the list next to it on the right. Do you think this 
> improves on the current framed/frameless approaches?
> 
> If you don't mind a robust Javascript approach, you could even build a 
> search box right into the page to make it easier to filter the lists for 
> the method you are looking for.
> 
> Here's another idea: why not use Ajax combined with a small servlet to 
> pull in user comments about the page that you are on? This would make it 
> easier for users to note changes that need to be made in the 
> documentation, offer tips, etc...
> 
> -- 
> John
> 
>