The new guide looks good... and much less intimidating! Are you trying to *not* scare people away with it?
I agree with Joyce and her reason for printing. I have the "old" version of the guide printed out entirely, which is much easier to do with the older format. Perhaps this could be addressed by providing some sort of printed version in a PDF format? (Anyone that uses a OS X could do the PDFing for you... and I happen to use OS X

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As for the index, I don't actually miss that portion of it. I typically search for my term instead of browsing the index for it. Which also means I don't refer to the printed version I have that often... which also could be a bit harder to do in the newer format as well (but only time will tell).
[ August 28, 2004: Message edited by: dav mccartney ]