Eli wrote:
Semi-Quick: take Prabhakar's intro (cs.uwaterloo.ca/~plragde/tyr/) and
make it terse enough to fit a single (longish) page. I think that
this is a fine choice for an aspiring hacker -- the only part that
is missing, the advanced section, is probably the part that should
at
On Wed, Aug 21 2013, Sam Tobin-Hochstadt wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 5:30 PM, Jose A. Ortega Ruiz wrote:
>> On Tue, Aug 20 2013, Neil Van Dyke wrote:
>>
>>> Sam Tobin-Hochstadt wrote at 08/20/2013 09:52 AM:
Can you say more about why this is? Is it the pictures?
>>>
>>> Yes, I scro
On Aug 19, 2013, at 9:17 PM, Robby Findler wrote:
> This looks fantastic! Thanks!
+1
I really like the "programmable programming language" slogan.
John
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A few minutes ago, Sam Tobin-Hochstadt wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 7:59 PM, Eli Barzilay wrote:
> > A few minutes ago, Sam Tobin-Hochstadt wrote:
> >> On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 7:32 PM, Eli Barzilay wrote:
> >> > A quick idea that popped up today re the books: have a book bar as
> >> > in the
On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 7:59 PM, Eli Barzilay wrote:
> A few minutes ago, Sam Tobin-Hochstadt wrote:
>> On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 7:32 PM, Eli Barzilay wrote:
>> > A quick idea that popped up today re the books: have a book bar as
>> > in the erlang page, but with popups that have the book
>> > des
A few minutes ago, Sam Tobin-Hochstadt wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 7:32 PM, Eli Barzilay wrote:
> > A quick idea that popped up today re the books: have a book bar as
> > in the erlang page, but with popups that have the book
> > descriptions. It can be much less intrusive while keeping the
On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 7:32 PM, Eli Barzilay wrote:
> An hour ago, Sam Tobin-Hochstadt wrote:
>> On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 10:50 AM, Eli Barzilay wrote:
>> > I dislike the switch to something that looks less unique -- this
>> > feels more like yet-another-site of a language. I can't really
>> > p
An hour ago, Sam Tobin-Hochstadt wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 10:50 AM, Eli Barzilay wrote:
> > I dislike the switch to something that looks less unique -- this
> > feels more like yet-another-site of a language. I can't really
> > put a finger on what makes that, but I think that the big fac
An hour ago, Sam Tobin-Hochstadt wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 5:30 PM, Jose A. Ortega Ruiz wrote:
> > On Tue, Aug 20 2013, Neil Van Dyke wrote:
> >>
> >> Yes, I scroll down the page and I see pictures and a simple
> >> picture language, and it seems to be using them to introduce some
> >> pret
On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 10:50 AM, Eli Barzilay wrote:
> I dislike the switch to something that looks less unique -- this feels
> more like yet-another-site of a language. I can't really put a finger
> on what makes that, but I think that the big factor is the dark
> header. (I didn't like it whe
On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 5:30 PM, Jose A. Ortega Ruiz wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 20 2013, Neil Van Dyke wrote:
>
>> Sam Tobin-Hochstadt wrote at 08/20/2013 09:52 AM:
>>> Can you say more about why this is? Is it the pictures?
>>>
>>
>> Yes, I scroll down the page and I see pictures and a simple picture
>
On Tue, Aug 20 2013, Neil Van Dyke wrote:
> Sam Tobin-Hochstadt wrote at 08/20/2013 09:52 AM:
>> Can you say more about why this is? Is it the pictures?
>>
>
> Yes, I scroll down the page and I see pictures and a simple picture
> language, and it seems to be using them to introduce some pretty
Apologies if this has been mentioned already (too much to read), but IMHO
the sections are too close to one another. I'd personally add more
padding-top to the h2, even up to 1.5em. Some h2 section headers
(Documentation, Learning, Community) are also too close from their section
body IMO too. At f
Just now, Sam Tobin-Hochstadt wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 12:16 PM, Eli Barzilay wrote:
> >
> > * The "noise" background image is still at the previous place
> > which is now completely bogus.
>
> I don't understand what's wrong with the background image. The
> problem with the headings i
On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 12:16 PM, Eli Barzilay wrote:
> Just now, Sam Tobin-Hochstadt wrote:
>> On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 12:01 PM, Eli Barzilay wrote:
>> > And a major bug (chrome, now on linux): resizing the browser doesn't
>> > reposition the text in the middle.
>>
>> Can you be more specific, p
Just now, Sam Tobin-Hochstadt wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 12:01 PM, Eli Barzilay wrote:
> > And a major bug (chrome, now on linux): resizing the browser doesn't
> > reposition the text in the middle.
>
> Can you be more specific, perhaps with a screenshot? I just tried
> this with Chromium
On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 12:01 PM, Eli Barzilay wrote:
> And a major bug (chrome, now on linux): resizing the browser doesn't
> reposition the text in the middle.
Can you be more specific, perhaps with a screenshot? I just tried
this with Chromium on Linux and it repositioned just fine.
Sam
And a major bug (chrome, now on linux): resizing the browser doesn't
reposition the text in the middle.
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30 minutes ago, Matthias Felleisen wrote:
>
> All in all, I really like the idea of renovating our home page. What
> I would like to see is that we get
>
> * a distinct home page
> * one that brings across that Racket is full spectrum
> technically -- you can gradually migrate from unty
> One I encourage us to use was Google Web Optimizer (free).
Typo there. I meant, "One thing I encouraged us to use..." in that
past life. We found it helpful.
(It's not really my role to encourage Racket doing this. Instead I
wanted to point it out as a possible option.)
On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 a
I _really_ like the idea of giving it a fresh redesign and including
more information on the home page.
(comment (for-meta 1 #< wrote:
> Recently I (with assistance from Asumu) have spent some time drafting
> a revised home page for Racket. A revised web page will nicely
> complement the big upcom
On Aug 19, 2013, at 5:39 PM, Sam Tobin-Hochstadt wrote:
> 3. It puts more info on the first page.
To my surprise, I like it.
> 4. The font size is larger, which I think makes it much more readable.
Speaking as an old person who has arrived in the age of reading glasses (I
think) I am a
I dislike the switch to something that looks less unique -- this feels
more like yet-another-site of a language. I can't really put a finger
on what makes that, but I think that the big factor is the dark
header. (I didn't like it when Matthew initially suggested it, but I
think it ended up being
Sam Tobin-Hochstadt wrote at 08/20/2013 09:52 AM:
Can you say more about why this is? Is it the pictures?
Yes, I scroll down the page and I see pictures and a simple picture
language, and it seems to be using them to introduce some pretty simple
and familiar concepts, so I assume it's for
On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 9:49 AM, Neil Van Dyke wrote:
> Sam Tobin-Hochstadt wrote at 08/20/2013 09:40 AM:
>
>> Are you referring to the "Quick" tutorial? I don't think that's aimed
>> at children, per se -- just people who have no experience w/ Racket.
>>
>
>
> OK, I can only offer a single data
Sam Tobin-Hochstadt wrote at 08/20/2013 09:40 AM:
Are you referring to the "Quick" tutorial? I don't think that's aimed
at children, per se -- just people who have no experience w/ Racket.
OK, I can only offer a single data point: to me, one glance at the
"Quick" tutorial looks like "educ
On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 2:51 AM, Neil Van Dyke wrote:
> Sam and Asumu, this looks like significant improvement in several ways,
> thank you.
>
> Two comments:
>
> * There's a lot of stuff for a home page. I don't know whether this is good
> or bad, but it's noticeable.
This is intentional. I thi
HtDP is how I learned to program correctly *after* I got my bachelor's in
CS. I still recommend it to coworkers and other experienced programmers so
they can start to learn good coding habits.
On Tuesday, August 20, 2013, Alexander McLin wrote:
> The new design looks good on my iPhone and on desk
The new design looks good on my iPhone and on desktop. It is a good
improvement over the old site.
To add to Neil's comment about dividing into two sections for experienced
programmers and educational outreach for aspiring programmers. One issue I
often see with others when talking about Racket is
Sam and Asumu, this looks like significant improvement in several ways,
thank you.
Two comments:
* There's a lot of stuff for a home page. I don't know whether this is
good or bad, but it's noticeable.
* Under "Documentation" heading, the subheadings are confusing, IMHO. 5
of the manuals
On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 05:39:54PM -0400, Sam Tobin-Hochstadt wrote:
> Recently I (with assistance from Asumu) have spent some time drafting
> a revised home page for Racket. A revised web page will nicely
> complement the big upcoming release, I hope. You can see the draft
> here, which is ready
This looks fantastic! Thanks!
Robby
On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 4:39 PM, Sam Tobin-Hochstadt
wrote:
> Recently I (with assistance from Asumu) have spent some time drafting
> a revised home page for Racket. A revised web page will nicely
> complement the big upcoming release, I hope. You can see th
Ok, that makes sense. Can you file this as an issue on the GitHub
repository I just mentioned?
Sam
On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 7:09 PM, Stephen Chang wrote:
>>> - web scraper example is cut off when clicking "?" Maybe make the
>>> overlay window variable width?
>>
>> I'm not sure what you mean. Ca
On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 6:43 PM, Stephen Chang wrote:
> Some quick observations.
>
> on Chromium Version 23.0.1271.97 Ubuntu 12.04 (23.0.1271.97-0ubuntu0.12.04.1):
>
> - broken links: download, research
Right, these are TODO.
> - only 2 examples? :) how come some got cut?
The example formatting
On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 5:39 PM, Sam Tobin-Hochstadt
wrote:
> Recently I (with assistance from Asumu) have spent some time drafting
> a revised home page for Racket. A revised web page will nicely
> complement the big upcoming release, I hope. You can see the draft
> here, which is ready for peop
Some quick observations.
on Chromium Version 23.0.1271.97 Ubuntu 12.04 (23.0.1271.97-0ubuntu0.12.04.1):
- broken links: download, research
- only 2 examples? :) how come some got cut?
- web scraper example is cut off when clicking "?" Maybe make the
overlay window variable width?
on mobile (andr
On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 6:33 PM, Matthew Flatt wrote:
> I get a "Go to the Choose page to select fonts" page.
>
> But reloading the draft Racket page (should have tried that in the
> first place) seems to have fixed the problem.
Ok, great. I think there are more sophisticated things I can do to
I get a "Go to the Choose page to select fonts" page.
But reloading the draft Racket page (should have tried that in the
first place) seems to have fixed the problem.
At Mon, 19 Aug 2013 18:26:23 -0400, Sam Tobin-Hochstadt wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 6:13 PM, Matthew Flatt wrote:
> > Fantas
On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 6:13 PM, Matthew Flatt wrote:
> Fantastic!
>
> The non-code font shows up rasterized on my phone (iPhone 4s running
> iOS 5.1.1), while the code font looks fine. Both fonts look right on my
> mini-tablet (Nexus 7).
That's very odd. Both fonts are loaded from Google fonts,
Fantastic!
The non-code font shows up rasterized on my phone (iPhone 4s running
iOS 5.1.1), while the code font looks fine. Both fonts look right on my
mini-tablet (Nexus 7).
At Mon, 19 Aug 2013 17:39:54 -0400, Sam Tobin-Hochstadt wrote:
> Recently I (with assistance from Asumu) have spent some t
Recently I (with assistance from Asumu) have spent some time drafting
a revised home page for Racket. A revised web page will nicely
complement the big upcoming release, I hope. You can see the draft
here, which is ready for people to try out:
http://homes.soic.indiana.edu/samth/new-web/
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