Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer writes:
I have been reading the Python docs since long. I have enjoyed it, it has great pieces of information. You have how-tos, faqs etc. Really awesome to read.
Thank you! ;-)
However, I feel that the style is a bit bland and off putting for newcomers. I suggest we consider changing the theme to a crisper and cleaner look. I find docs such as Masonite really enjoyable to read: https://docs.masoniteproject.com/
I do hope we can advance something along these lines.
Despite my personal stylistic preferences (see below), I think this could be a move toward docs that makes people happy and proud to see their contribution in pixels, so I'm supportive in general. You should join the python-docs group (https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/docs.python.org/) and get in touch with the docs working group https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-dev@python.org/message/LELGQN3H... to most effectively promote your ideas. That's where the folks who do a lot of work specifically on docs hang out. To get started on the discussion, just as one person's opinion: I'm not a fan of the Masonite color scheme, to be honest. (White on navy for the screen shots, to be specific. I find the Python docs' pastel backgrounds less jarring, and easily readable. But I'm not going to shoot down that hill, let alone die on it. ;-) Also, I don't really see a big difference with the Python documentation, and I prefer the denser Python text to that on the front page of Masonite (but I'm a *very* text-oriented person, drives my poor students nuts!) I didn't much like the dual sidebar layout. Overall I'd recommend tweaking the current theme to try to improve your readability, rather than moving to a completely different theme. I don't know if anybody else feels that way, so YMMV. Steve -- Associate Professor Division of Policy and Planning Science http://turnbull.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp/ Faculty of Systems and Information Email: turnbull@sk.tsukuba.ac.jp University of Tsukuba Tel: 029-853-5175 Tennodai 1-1-1, Tsukuba 305-8573 JAPAN