Re: Screenshots in desktop user manual are too small

[Mario Blättermann <mariobl freenet de>]

Am 01.09.2011 14:24, schrieb Shaun McCance:
> On Thu, 2011-09-01 at 10:53 +0200, Mario Blättermann wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> the screenshots in the user manual are quite small. Maybe that the
>> writers thought to keep the Yelp window as small as possible this way,
>> but it is no longer needed. Yelp fits the picture into its window and
>> provides a button to blow up the picture to its original size, if
>> desired. That's why we shouldn't shrink the pictures anymore. On some of
>> them, the captions are almost unreadable at some odd screen resolutions.
> 
> Which screenshots specifically? Some of the screenshots aren't used
> as detailed figures, but rather as an "oh that's the thing you're
> talking about".
> 
For example, nautilus.png, shell.png ... Let users decide if they want
to see an overview or a detailed picture.

> Yelp does automatically resize images in figures to fit the page
> width, and allows you to expand them to full size. So certainly,
> you don't have to worry as much anymore about whether an image is
> too wide. But do keep file size in mind.

I know about this behavior, and it is a sign for me that we don't have
to shrink images anymore. Regarding the file size: A lot of distribution
packages are shipping unneeded stuff, such as foreign translations, the
file COPYING in an unmentionable count, and so on. On modern machines,
there should be enough place for some bigger pictures. I assume that no
one tries to install GNOME on a 1GB harddisk (excepted live systems on
CD or USB).


Best Regards,
Mario