On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 02:36:21AM +0000, Hubert via Digitalmars-d wrote: > Thanks for the response! I do agree that the colors are way too "hot" > (I've must've been quite tired when I submitted that mockup) > > Someone noted that the concept that I pitched had too much whitespace, > which is a sentiment that I do not share. There's a lot of issues with > the readability in the current design; way too wide columns just to > name one thing. I must also completely disagree with the "90's > anachronism" part. > > You may feel that a "Getting started" section and simplified > link/navigation structure might be insulting or inefficient, but is > the site supposed to cater to the entrenched D-practitioners? As long > as the readability and the layout of the documentation is accurate and > clear what does it matter to you? There's not any inherent value in > complexity.
I do not say that having a simplified link/navigation structure is insulting or inefficient. But I do say the simplification should be via categories that make sense. I.e., "click here to start / click here to watch completely irrelevant marketing video" makes no sense, whereas a breakdown like "News / Download / Get started with D / Reference documentation / Compiler specs / etc." makes sense. Content-less splash pages are, to me, completely worthless. A properly-designed front page with sensible top-level links to sensible categories, properly designed, will both look and work better. A proper design need not sacrifice content for appeal. T -- Never trust an operating system you don't have source for! -- Martin Schulze
