[Icehouse] Treehouse Rules handout - please proof!

[Brian Campbell]

I don't think the section is off-putting, but it does feel a little  
out of place on the front page, before what you *can* do is explained.

I think these look pretty good, but a little visually busy. There are  
lots of things that are surrounded by boxes, and it gets a bit much,  
especially since everything is in black and white so there isn't  
anything much to highlight the diagrams themselves. I think that you  
should try to remove as many of the boxes as possible while still  
making it clear what's going on. Something that might help is instead  
of surrounding two pictures next to each other with boxes (like the  
diagrams under the winning condition), just use a single vertical bar  
to separate them, or maybe just the empty space would be enough. In  
other places, like where there are blocks of text above each other  
that need to be distinguished, a short horizontal bar might be  
sufficient. This is mostly a stylistic thing, but I think it could help.

On Jun 19, 2006, at 1:19 PM, Kristin wrote:

> hmmm...  I do see what you mean about it seeming more complex than  
> it is
>
> but I like the Things You Can't Do section - it puts it all those  
> little things that sometimes confuse people all in one place for  
> easy reference.
>
> what do others think?  how off putting is this section?
>
> Thanks for reviewing more Treehouse rules!
>
> -Kristin (of the Looney variety)