Re: HTML-Info design

[Paul Eggert]

On 12/28/2014 03:08 PM, Lars Ingebrigtsen wrote:
> This is what an Info buffer looks like on Fedora 19:

I see more than that on Fedora 21 with "emacs -Q".  Please see the first 
attachment.  There are two ways to go back (a "Previous" icon, and a 
"Prev: Buffer List" text, and two ways to go forward (a "Next" icon, and 
a "Next: Killing Buffers" text that is confusingly in the opposite order 
of the buttons), and two ways to go up (an unlabeled up icon, and an 
"Up: Buffers" text).  Plus, the text does not rearrange itself to fit 
the window size, and since my window is not the default size the text is 
pretty hard to read.  It's a confusing UI, for someone not already used 
to it.

In contrast, the same documentation on Icecat (see 2nd attachment) is 
easier to read and for a newbie to navigate through.  There's only one 
set of buttons, the text fits the window, the font (though still pretty 
large) is not the enormous size that Emacs uses, and the text is nicely 
reformatted to fit the window. (One other nicety: some unnecessary and 
distracting quotes are omitted.)  Overall there's about 50% more useful 
information in the same screen space, and it's more readable despite the 
smaller font size.  This is a significantly better experience.

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