Brief table of contents

[Nathan Williams]

A secondary "Brief Table of Contents" with just the major headings would be useful for the mobile versions of the book.  Manning publications do this and it helps you get to a major section more quickly.  The current table of contents is comprehensive, but very difficult to scroll through when you just want to get to a specific chapter.  I refer to the book (which is great!) frequently, and I've found myself coming back to the web version just because it's easier to navigate than the epub in iBooks.

[Axel Rauschmayer]

I’ve put it up for a vote: https://twitter.com/exploringjs/status/713814946644172801

[Axel Rauschmayer]

Also relevant – in a few months, Leanpub may let me add a secondary TOC: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/leanpub/g2zVvd0zCLM

[Axel Rauschmayer]

I may have found a work-around. Where would the shorter TOC go? Directly after the full TOC?

[Nathan Williams]

Sorry to disappear...I was thinking I'd get notified about replies to this thead.

Manning places the brief ToC before the detailed ToC which makes a lot of sense since someone looking to quickly jump to a chapter shouldn't have to scroll through pages of detailed outline, but someone looking for a subheading is already expecting to do some scanning and isn't going to be significantly bothered by skipping a page or two of top-level headings.  Seeing the chapter list first is actually useful in general since you might not remember which chapter number it was and identifying it first in the brief ToC then scanning for that number in the detailed ToC outline is much easier than trying to find a particular chapter title in all the text.