Enhancement: Be able to select older node version when viewing API Reference Docs

[charleswhchan]

node.js website currently displays the latest version of API Docs only (v0.12.5 at time or writing):
https://nodejs.org/api

Older docs are available from https://nodejs.org/docs/, but is not obvious how to navigate to that page from the website. eg. v0.10.39 API is available from https://nodejs.org/docs/v0.10.39/api/

It would be extremely convenient if there was a way to select an alternative (non-latest) version of the API from the website, similar to Python documents: https://docs.python.org/2/library/

Don't need to show all the versions, maybe just the major ones? ie. v0.10.latest, v0.12.latest
Perhaps with a link to all available versions for someone to view specific version.

Thoughts?

[fhemberger]

+1 on this. This is a good idea.

[bnb]

+1, but let's please not have it be an eyesore. Software Documentation is notoriously poorly designed, and this exact type of functionality usually adds bloat and ugliness if not done correctly.

[mhdawson]

+1 from me as well. I've had to look to find the older ones a few times. I think at least having easy navigation to find the docs for the major ones would be useful.

[charleswhchan]

Perhaps something really basic such as adding another link below 'API DOCS' called 'API DOCS (Previous Version)'?

See example in Docker's documentation:
https://docs.docker.com/

[bnb]

@charleswhchan The dropdown they have there is nice. A simple link to another page with a <ul> and <li>s for each version would probably work as well.

[charleswhchan]

@bnb: I agree with your suggestion. That would work as well.