Look of Fedora docs

[Paul W. Frields]

On Mon, 2004-09-20 at 21:10, Karsten Wade wrote:
> On Mon, 2004-09-20 at 16:48, Vladimir Djokic wrote:
> > 	good day,
> > 	writers. while doing some mockups of docs look for fsn.org.yu at
> > http://www.gnome-ppp.org/fsn/template.html, i thought about doing some
> > work for fedora community. what i want is to `upgrade the look` of
> > fedora docs? should i try do something pretty (like novell with novell
> > linux desktop will have) or is it a no-no? to do some mockups so you can
> > see what i'm talking about?
> 
> Yes, mockups would be good to see.  I like some of the ideas I see on
> that page, such as a terminal icon for <screen> blocks.
> 
> I haven't thought about licensing artwork.  I guess you can just
> contribute it under the FDL?

The icons used are from Fedora itself and GPL'd; I think a notice to
that effect in the &LEGALNOTICE; would take care of this part. I
personally don't like all the different color bars, but I think the
terminal icon is cute. I also think that in the service of consistency,
we should try and limit artwork to that already available in Fedora --
or, at worst, request that Garrett or one of his trusty cohort produce
something consistent for us.

Keep in mind also the a11y factors. The current HTML rendering provides
full functionality for text-based browsers, text-to-speech engines, and
so forth, with a minimum of effort. Certainly the transformations could
be done to take care of this -- at least to provide <img alt=""> tags
and such, but we'd have to look at the possible impact on visually
impaired users, etc.

I don't doubt that there's ways around any impediments, but it's not a
project I'm personally interested in. Then again, that's the great thing
about having a community; someone else likely is! :-) It's early and I
haven't had my coffee, so I hope this makes some sense.

-- 
Paul W. Frields, RHCE