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Usable version of RFC 2616 (HTTP/1.1)

8 points by r11t 16y ago

thirdstation 16y ago
Why is this version more useable than the already available versions? I prefer the text version myself. I can use it in more places than this HTML version.
devmonk 16y ago
Look nice but: - Needs to have a search (that lists sections found, lets you skip between finds, etc.) - Needs index, even though tabs are nice - scrollbar in middle of page != friendly (use vertical space in page and page scroll)
bhiggins 16y ago
this is offensively not usable. just as an example, I can't grep the whole document now. I think this is the wrong target market for fake usability.
- jallmann 16y ago
  Agreed. IMO, the only thing that needs to be done to make a plain text RFC more 'usable' is to perhaps add anchor links where needed, such as when other sections are referenced.
  - qjz 16y ago
    For your pleasure: http://tools.ietf.org/rfcmarkup?rfc=2616 http://tools.ietf.org/rfcmarkup?rfc=2616 Type in any RFC number for similar results: http://tools.ietf.org/rfcmarkup http://tools.ietf.org/rfcmarkup
gojomo 16y ago
Great idea. Weak implementation. Compared to even the TXT version that's my top Google hit for [rfc2616], this is harder to search and fits less text into the same sized viewport. (Devoting ~40% of the viewport to informationless deepCyan background isn't very helpful.)
smackfu 16y ago
Don't really get the point. Is the idea to get it up in the Google rankings and then add ads?
- rmoriz 16y ago
  don't try this with ISO standards (not even only the domain) http://www.iso.org/iso/name_and_logo.htm http://www.iso.org/iso/name_and_logo.htm => WIPO
zppx 16y ago
I think this version much more usable: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2616 http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2616
jhrobert 16y ago
To debug my wiki engine, I did some experiment with RFCs. RFCs as wikis: http://simpliwiki.com/yours/SomeRfcs http://simpliwiki.com/yours/SomeRfcs This is an other definition of "usable" I guess. I added an orange visual cue when scrolling, to make it easier to spot where new content starts.
jhrobert 16y ago
Have a look at the html source... some http://www.intelli-computing.com/wordpress/?super_sale=DDDD http://www.intelli-computing.com/wordpress/?super_sale=DDDD code in there...

8 points by r11t 16y ago

Why is this version more useable than the already available versions? I prefer the text version myself. I can use it in more places than this HTML version.

devmonk 16y ago

Look nice but: - Needs to have a search (that lists sections found, lets you skip between finds, etc.) - Needs index, even though tabs are nice - scrollbar in middle of page != friendly (use vertical space in page and page scroll)

bhiggins 16y ago

this is offensively not usable. just as an example, I can't grep the whole document now. I think this is the wrong target market for fake usability.

jallmann 16y ago
Agreed. IMO, the only thing that needs to be done to make a plain text RFC more 'usable' is to perhaps add anchor links where needed, such as when other sections are referenced.
- qjz 16y ago
  For your pleasure: http://tools.ietf.org/rfcmarkup?rfc=2616 http://tools.ietf.org/rfcmarkup?rfc=2616 Type in any RFC number for similar results: http://tools.ietf.org/rfcmarkup http://tools.ietf.org/rfcmarkup

gojomo 16y ago

Great idea. Weak implementation. Compared to even the TXT version that's my top Google hit for [rfc2616], this is harder to search and fits less text into the same sized viewport. (Devoting ~40% of the viewport to informationless deepCyan background isn't very helpful.)

smackfu 16y ago

Don't really get the point. Is the idea to get it up in the Google rankings and then add ads?

rmoriz 16y ago
don't try this with ISO standards (not even only the domain) http://www.iso.org/iso/name_and_logo.htm http://www.iso.org/iso/name_and_logo.htm => WIPO

zppx 16y ago

I think this version much more usable: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2616 http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2616

jhrobert 16y ago

To debug my wiki engine, I did some experiment with RFCs. RFCs as wikis: http://simpliwiki.com/yours/SomeRfcs http://simpliwiki.com/yours/SomeRfcs This is an other definition of "usable" I guess. I added an orange visual cue when scrolling, to make it easier to spot where new content starts.

jhrobert 16y ago

Have a look at the html source... some http://www.intelli-computing.com/wordpress/?super_sale=DDDD http://www.intelli-computing.com/wordpress/?super_sale=DDDD code in there...