[Python-Dev] Playing with a new theme for the docs

Ned Batchelder ned at nedbatchelder.com
Wed Mar 21 20:13:39 CET 2012


On 3/21/2012 3:06 PM, Fred Drake wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 2:46 PM, Guido van Rossum<guido at python.org>  wrote:
>> That doesn't mean the web designer shouldn't think at least twice
>> before specifying a smaller font than the browser default.
> Yet 90% of designers (or more) insist on making text insanely small, commonly
> specifying the size in pixles or (if we're lucky) points.
>
> Not sure there's any lesson to be learned from this, aside from designers
> really having it out for anyone who needs to read.
There are bad designers, or more to the point, designers who favor the 
overall look of the page at the expense of the utility of the page.  
That doesn't mean all designers are bad, or that "design" is bad.  Don't 
throw out the baby with the bathwater.

--Ned.
>
>    -Fred
>


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