From: "John W. Long" Date: 2005-06-22T02:54:31+09:00 Subject: Re: [ANN] Frameless RDoc template ('technology preview') Yeah, it was more of a proof of concept than anything else. -- John Gennady Bystritksy wrote: > 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 >> >> > > > >