Re: [Firebird-docs] Documentation Help

[Darcy O'N. <ds...@sk...>]

Hello,

>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 :-)
>  
>
Thanks! I use to work for a giant corporation, so it's almost impossible 
to get that style out of my system.

>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!
>  
>
One thing I've learned about desktop publishing and that's every one has 
a style of their own. Basically, I just throw stuff out there and see 
what sticks. Hopefully, we can work away at it and come to a unanimous 
decision. (Probably not, but I'm sure we'll try).

>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.
>  
>
Ventura is not DocBook aware, basically you map the tags to a Ventura 
style and then publish it to the selected format (PDF, print, etc.). As 
for automation, it can be done but professional doc's always need a good 
eye to go over it. I'm willing to do that.

>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.
>  
>
Gray matches the colour of all those corporate execs!

Darcy O'Neil