Re: Python's website does a great disservice to the language

2005-11-03 Thread Steve Holden
Alex Martelli wrote: The Eternal Squire [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... 2) Consider what he really wants for a supervisor of software engineers. Ideally such a person should be a software engineer with at least 3 times the experience of the most junior member. Such a I like the

Re: Python's website does a great disservice to the language

2005-11-03 Thread Rocco Moretti
Alex Martelli wrote: The Eternal Squire [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... 2) Consider what he really wants for a supervisor of software engineers. Ideally such a person should be a software engineer with at least 3 times the experience of the most junior member. Such a I like the

Re: Python's website does a great disservice to the language

2005-11-03 Thread The Eternal Squire
And me, I'm a 15 to 20 year veteran, I started *very* young I think Alex has it right. Too many of us elders are like he says.. I try not to be, to the point where I accepted a promotion from my captain (wife) from chief engineer of the family to executive officer (as in, I am now my

Re: Python's website does a great disservice to the language

2005-11-03 Thread Alex Martelli
Rocco Moretti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Alex Martelli wrote: The Eternal Squire [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... 2) Consider what he really wants for a supervisor of software engineers. Ideally such a person should be a software engineer with at least 3 times the experience of the

Re: Python's website does a great disservice to the language

2005-11-03 Thread The Eternal Squire
Well, I admit the remark was off the cuff because I was thinking of conventional waterfall development cycles in the aerospace industry in that context someone who wasn't there during an entire development cycle is not even a junior member, but is rather a recruit under training to begin

Re: Python's website does a great disservice to the language

2005-11-02 Thread James Stroud
On Tuesday 01 November 2005 09:45, CppNewB wrote: First comment; I hope the language is designed better than the site. The website is beautiful. I just looked. Its the logo that is a little off-putting. It makes a pretty bad first impression. Compare it to java's. Even the php logo looks

Re: Python's website does a great disservice to the language

2005-11-02 Thread Ed Singleton
I think I'm going to back you up a little bit here. You've gone about this in a bit of a half-assed way (and pissed off a fair few people in the process) but you are right that the site needs a redesign. It uses tables for layout with inline styles and font tags and doesn't really use CSS. It

Re: Python's website does a great disservice to the language

2005-11-02 Thread Ben Sizer
CppNewB wrote: But the logos look like they were done in Paint and maybe a readable default font is in order. I can't believe you think the font there is unreadable. It's left to the browser default, which is usually set to a simple serif font, which in turn is presumably the default because

Re: Python's website does a great disservice to the language

2005-11-02 Thread Björn Lindström
Ben Sizer [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I can't believe you think the font there is unreadable. It's left to the browser default, which is usually set to a simple serif font, which in turn is presumably the default because the majority of all books, magazines, and newspapers in existence use it,

Re: Python's website does a great disservice to the language

2005-11-02 Thread beza1e1
Things, which can be done better are: - seperate content and layout (no table design, no font tags, ...) - blue links on blue background are nearly as ugly as visited-purple links on blue background - he frontpage is overloaded. Ok this is worth a discussion: poweruser vs. marketing --

Re: Python's website does a great disservice to the language

2005-11-02 Thread Ben Sizer
Björn Lindström wrote: Actually it does set some fonts (avantgarde and lucidasomethignorother) as first choices. I guess you, like me, and probably most people in here, doesn't have those installed. As far as I can tell, those fonts are only set for 'pre' and 'h' tags. -- Ben Sizer --

Re: Python's website does a great disservice to the language

2005-11-02 Thread Fredrik Lundh
CppNewB wrote: But the logos look like they were done in Paint that's probably why the designers won a prestigious design award for their: ...innovative letter designs and typographic experiments, which are testimony to their unconventional thinking about, and use of, existing

Re: Python's website does a great disservice to the language

2005-11-02 Thread Simon Brunning
On 02/11/05, Fredrik Lundh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: a version of Paint that works on a Mac, an obstreperous mentality, and a sense of humour. what else do you need? Biscuits. You need biscuits. Treating-this-thread-as-seriously-as-it-deserves-ly y'rs, Simon B. --

Re: Python's website does a great disservice to the language

2005-11-02 Thread The Eternal Squire
I like the Python website just fine. It has exactly what it needs to document and advocate Python, no more and no less. Plus, it loads quite fast. Two suggestions for the OP: 1) Go to Barnes and Noble or Amazon and read or buy the book Web Sites That Suck. It is a fully detailed and

Python's website does a great disservice to the language

2005-11-01 Thread CppNewB
I was trying to advocate using Python for an upcoming prototype, so my boss went out to take a look at the documentation and try and get a feel for what the language is all about. First comment; I hope the language is designed better than the site. The site is readable, but is amateurish. If

Re: Python's website does a great disservice to the language

2005-11-01 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2005-11-01, CppNewB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was trying to advocate using Python for an upcoming prototype, so my boss went out to take a look at the documentation and try and get a feel for what the language is all about. First comment; I hope the language is designed better than the

Re: Python's website does a great disservice to the language

2005-11-01 Thread Steve Holden
CppNewB wrote: I was trying to advocate using Python for an upcoming prototype, so my boss went out to take a look at the documentation and try and get a feel for what the language is all about. First comment; I hope the language is designed better than the site. The site is readable,

Re: Python's website does a great disservice to the language

2005-11-01 Thread CppNewB
Good news Steve. It's definitely time for a sneak preview. Let's see it! Steve Holden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] CppNewB wrote: I was trying to advocate using Python for an upcoming prototype, so my boss went out to take a look at the documentation and try

Re: Python's website does a great disservice to the language

2005-11-01 Thread Micah Elliott
On Nov 01, CppNewB wrote: First comment; I hope the language is designed better than the site. The site is readable, but is amateurish. That's flaim bait if I ever saw it! I find the site quite lovely: very readable, no ads, well organized, nice colors, simple, easy to maintain (uses ht2html

Re: Python's website does a great disservice to the language

2005-11-01 Thread Fredrik Lundh
CppNewB wrote: I was trying to advocate using Python for an upcoming prototype, so my boss went out to take a look at the documentation and try and get a feel for what the language is all about. First comment; I hope the language is designed better than the site. so your boss is a troll,

Re: Python's website does a great disservice to the language

2005-11-01 Thread Robert Boyd
On 11/1/05, CppNewB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ...First comment; I hope the language is designed better than the site.Thesite is readable, but is amateurish.If I had an ounce of design skills inme, I would take a stab at it. Does boss have a problem with java.sun.com as well? The main visual

Re: Python's website does a great disservice to the language

2005-11-01 Thread bearophileHUGS
Grant Edwards wrote: May God save us from professional looking web sites. I like the Python web site. It's simple, easy to read, and easy to use. I strongly agree with you, the web is full of web sites that are nice looking but have microscopic fixed fonts (against the very spirit of Html),

Re: Python's website does a great disservice to the language

2005-11-01 Thread Fredrik Lundh
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Re: Python's website does a great disservice to the language

2005-11-01 Thread Sybren Stuvel
[EMAIL PROTECTED] enlightened us with: I strongly agree with you, the web is full of web sites that are nice looking but have microscopic fixed fonts (against the very spirit of Html), are full of useless flash, have lots of html structures nested inside other ones (PHP sites are often like

Re: Python's website does a great disservice to the language

2005-11-01 Thread svenn . are
So the first thing you do when you go to a web page is to google if they are going to redesign it? -- Svenn -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Python's website does a great disservice to the language

2005-11-01 Thread Robert Kern
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So the first thing you do when you go to a web page is to google if they are going to redesign it? No one is suggesting that it should be. However, Googling before coming to a newsgroup to complain about anything is usually a good idea. -- Robert Kern [EMAIL

Re: Python's website does a great disservice to the language

2005-11-01 Thread Terry Hancock
On Tuesday 01 November 2005 01:32 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So the first thing you do when you go to a web page is to google if they are going to redesign it? No, but it might be wise before posting a potentially inflammatory and insulting comment about in on the mailing list. ;-)

Re: Python's website does a great disservice to the language

2005-11-01 Thread Fredrik Lundh
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So the first thing you do when you go to a web page is to google if they are going to redesign it? the first thing he did was to go to the page, the next thing he did was to post a can we round up a couple of designers? message with an in- flammatory subject line.

Re: Python's website does a great disservice to the language

2005-11-01 Thread Steve Horsley
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Grant Edwards wrote: May God save us from professional looking web sites. I like the Python web site. It's simple, easy to read, and easy to use. I strongly agree with you, the web is full of web sites that are nice looking but have microscopic fixed fonts

Re: Python's website does a great disservice to the language

2005-11-01 Thread Rocco Moretti
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So the first thing you do when you go to a web page is to google if they are going to redesign it? I think the implication was The first thing to do before *suggesting that a redesign is nessasary* is to Google to see if such a redesign is taking place. --

Re: Python's website does a great disservice to the language

2005-11-01 Thread John J. Lee
Robert Boyd [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [...] rounded corners. The Python site is clean and to-the-point. I guess I could admin that the various Python logos look dated, but that's about it. Oh, and [...] I love the logos! python.org looks simple to me, not amateurish. But that just goes to

Re: Python's website does a great disservice to the language

2005-11-01 Thread CppNewB
Fredrik Lundh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: to post a can we round up a couple of designers? message with an in- flammatory subject line. that algorithm is rather simplistic, and can be If it's any consolation, I did check Google Groups

Re: Python's website does a great disservice to the language

2005-11-01 Thread CppNewB
John J. Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Robert Boyd [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [...] rounded corners. The Python site is clean and to-the-point. I guess I could admin that the various Python logos look dated, but that's about it. Oh, and [...] I love the

Re: Python's website does a great disservice to the language

2005-11-01 Thread David Rasmussen
Steve Holden wrote: [Thinks: wonder if it's time to release a sneak preview]. It is! It is! /David -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Python's website does a great disservice to the language

2005-11-01 Thread bearophileHUGS
CppNewBand maybe a readable default font is in order. That font looks fine to me, maybe there's a problem in the default font of your browser, you can probably fix your problem... Bye, bearophile -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Python's website does a great disservice to the language

2005-11-01 Thread CppNewB
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] CppNewBand maybe a readable default font is in order. That font looks fine to me, maybe there's a problem in the default font of your browser, you can probably fix your problem... Explicit is better than implicit I know how to

Re: Python's website does a great disservice to the language

2005-11-01 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Tue, 01 Nov 2005 17:45:11 +, CppNewB wrote: I was trying to advocate using Python for an upcoming prototype, so my boss went out to take a look at the documentation and try and get a feel for what the language is all about. First comment; I hope the language is designed better than

Re: Python's website does a great disservice to the language

2005-11-01 Thread Mike Meyer
CppNewB [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: My thoughts weren't to add a flash demo or develop some 500K logo or fixing the font size. But the logos look like they were done in Paint and maybe a readable default font is in order. So what's wrong with the fonts they use - where they didn't let your

Re: Python's website does a great disservice to the language

2005-11-01 Thread Benjamin Niemann
Steven D'Aprano wrote: http://www.python.com/ perhaps? Yep, let's make this the new official python site ;) -- Benjamin Niemann Email: pink at odahoda dot de WWW: http://www.odahoda.de/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Python's website does a great disservice to the language

2005-11-01 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2005-11-01, Benjamin Niemann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Steven D'Aprano wrote: http://www.python.com/ perhaps? Yep, let's make this the new official python site ;) Well, I have to admit that I think the scheme they use to get you load the large flash chunk is pretty clever. Most sites just