On 11/29/2009 07:55 PM, Brian R. Murphy wrote:
> Sorry to bother you personally, but you seem to be responsible for
the
> FAQ, and there is no "feedback" link for the Fedora documentation
page.
> I don't really think this question should be in the FAQ; I think
it
> should just be fixed. But if not, perhaps you can add this
question
> (along with some answer) to the FAQ:
>
> * Why do you make it so hard to download Fedora documentation?
>
> I would like to download the Fedora 12 documentation for off-line
> reference while I'm upgrading.
>
> Unfortunately, the documentation page
> at
http://docs.fedoraproject.org/ has a "clever" UI with select
menus
> that trigger navigations themselves (rather than a separate
go/download
> button), making it very arduous to "save as" the result. There
also
> doesn't seem to be any way to just grab the latest bunch (or even a
> single one). There's not even a way to "save as" the PDF links,
and
> some quirky browsers (like the one I have at work) don't handle PDF
> files too well directly. While it wouldn't be as pretty, a simple
file
> listing would be far more useful. If you're going to pretty it up,
> please don't screw up basic usability.
I agree with Brian, a simple list like what was available in the past as an option would
be helpful. It seems that some older lesser maintained docs that were useful are now
missing from the listings also.
is an example.
-- Bob
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