Goofs in the docs

> a) The web look-and-feel:
> 
>        0) Tries to open everything in a new window.  Is
there at least
>           ONE person who finds this beneficial?   :-(

In general we only open a new window if it is external
content.  With tabbed
windows under Firefox 1.8 it flows well.

> 	  Some time passes; you want to find this "in
depth" page
> 	  again - and it is very hard to do it.  One either
needs to
> 	  sift through browser history window, or go through
the
> 	  sitemap (which, in turn, is not very prominent on
the title
> 	  page).

We've expanded the site map.  If all else fails, use the
search engine at

  http:
//magick.imagemagick.org/script/search.php

>        3) My version is 6.2.8-3; it took a lot of time
to realize that
>           the bugs I see are just for things which are
new in 6.3.4
>           (or whatever is the version documented on the
main page).
>           Due to this (obvious in hindsight) confusion,
would not it
>           be better to have "newer stuff"
marked as <new in 6.3.1> or
>           somesuch?

Classic software conundrum.  All bugs are fixed in the next
release.

>        4) When in Firefox, the command-line-options
page acquires
>           horizontal scrollbar (even with quite wide a
screen).  Is it
>           a Firefox bug (1.5.* here), or an indication
of a misfeature
>           with the page?

We follow most web standards except we use tables for layout
instead of
CSS but we're working on that.  Perhaps its a bug in your
browser.

>    -fx docs specify some mysterious %[fx:] and
%[pixel:] which are not
>     mentioned again in these sections.  It took me
several days to
>     realize that these escapes related not to -fx, but
to -format
>     (right?).  I think this should be amended.

We're aware of deficiencies in the documentation.  We're
working on it as
time permits.

>    -blur and -gaussian - are they the same, or
different?  What is the
>     mysterious "radius and standard deviation
(sigma)" they mention?
>     Assuming some sanity, -gaussian should take
X_SEMIAXIS x
>     Y_SEMIAXIS arguments.  Does it?

Radius and deviation determines the shape of the convolution
filter.  We'll
expand on this subject when time permits.  Again another
conundrum.  We enjoy
working on ImageMagick but since we're not paid we have no
choice but to
take day jobs to help feed our children.  If only we could
work on
ImageMagick full-time .
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