Re: Remove stickiness from navigation bar in docs

> On 22 Oct 2018, at 19:03, Jonathan S. Katz <jkatz(at)postgresql(dot)org> wrote:
>
>>
>> On Oct 22, 2018, at 5:07 PM, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:
>>
>> I too think the doc pages could stand some additional improvement. I'm
>> okay with seeing the shoutbox the first dozen pages I visit, but after
>> that it's annoying, and by the hundredth time I see it it becomes
>> infuriating. Why can't I dismiss it?
>
> That’s a good idea. We could store that it has been dismissed in a cookie and then have it
> reappear when a new announcement comes out. That should not be too difficult to create a patch
> for.
>
>
>> As for the list of unsupported versions, I'm not sure that its
>> omnipresence has a lot of value. Would it work to have a list of
>> supported versions plus devel (one line -- we could say "Current (11),
>> 10 / 9.6 / 9.5 / 9.4 / 9.3 / 12dev" since it should be pretty obvious
>> that "12dev" is development), and have a link "other versions" that
>> shows the rest of the list?
>
> Yeah, and perhaps move the list of unsupported versions to the bottom of the page?
>
>> On mobile, I think it would work to have the version selector integrated
>> in the navbar (which has plenty of space), as another dropdown.
>
> Not a bad idea - it may take some work given the nav bar is a global component. Will think on it.
>
> Jonathan

Meanwhile, could you apply the patch I submitted? It improves usability
and removes no content. It just unsticks the navigation bar (and fixes
the shoutbox padding), so that you can see more of the docs at once.

Thanks!

Matthijs