Re: [Firebird-docs] Documentation Help

[Paul V. <pa...@vi...>]

Hi Darcy,

> Basically, I've been playing around with the XML documents and I
> think it may be possible to directly import it into Corel Ventura to
> give the documents a more polished look (PDF form anyway). I've
> created a rough sample PDF document (highlights style, not content
> right now) and put it up at http://firebird.methyl.ca for anyone to
> look over.

I'm impressed. It looks *very* professional indeed!

But... the style is not what I would prefer. The cover page makes me
think of the kind of company where all the employees are clean-shaven
and wear a suit and tie. I can't really relate to that - probably
because I look like a bum myself :-)

On the following pages, the frame and decoration are nice, but I only
like that for very small brochure-like documents. For tutorials,
manuals, refguides etc. I prefer a minimum of decoration (if at all)
and no frame around the text body.

Of course, all this is a just my opinion - it has a lot to do with
personal taste. Please don't see it as criticizing the *quality* of
your design: I mean it when I say I'm impressed!


Ventura imports XML now, but is it also DocBook-aware? Or
alternatively, can it process Formatting Objects? It would be great if
you could develop a style we all like and then automate the process.


Greetings,
Paul Vinkenoog


PS:
What if you changed the grey in the logo to a warm sand color? I know,
we have a grey bg on the website too, but I personally dislike it.