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Who does it look old-fashioned or weird to? This is an opinion that is not
shared by everyone. "Unless a lot of users are going to print..." So you
essentially admit that left/right layouts add value for some of the users.
Do you know what percentage of your users might print and bind pages? Even
if it is a small number, do you make your documentation less useful so it
doesn't look "old fashioned or weird"? And, if you are still using a
page-based format like PDF, you haven't dumped all holdovers from the print
era.
Eschewing "bookthink" or dumping the "print era" sound more like
philosophical or fashion statements. I would be more concerned with
presentation and usability than not wanting to appear old fashioned.
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Robert Lauriston
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Subject: Re: Odd/Even formatting
Looks increasingly old-fashioned if not downright weird.
Unless a lot of users are going to print out and bind pages, it adds no
value.
I dumped all holdovers from the print era in 2005.
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