On Thursday, 21 August 2014 at 04:59:20 UTC, Hubert wrote:
First I wanna say that I've become a huge fan of D, and I hope
one day I can replace all my creative projects with a D
codebase. With that said, I do agree that D could use a
redesign. I've not been monitoring this thread very closely,
but the design suggestions I've seen so far has dissapointed
me. Don't misunderstand me; the proposals look good, but they
are in my opinion too conservative.
Now I've given it a shot and created a first draft on how I
imagine a future Dlang.org could/should look like, keep in mind
that nothing is final yet:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/oicmwoboku136jq/dlang_test_redesign.png
My emphasis has been on creating a friendly first impression; a
lightweight page to introduce newcomers to D and get them
started quickly. I think this is a sane design approach when it
comes to D's current position in the "market". I've not yet
begun any work on the views for the documentation and similar
pages with a larger amount of copy.
(I hope I haven't missed any earlier design proposal that
already looks like this.)
It probably looks good as a landing page for a newcomers but I
will annoyed with extra forced navigation very quick through
daily usage of the web site. It sacrifices productivity in favor
of good looks.
