Alison, can you please share a link to the results of 'user testing as well as research on usability, accessibility, and localization'? I most definitely welcome the idea of making Tor look modern (and would like to help if I can) but it would be good to see what standards the development team is following to get there.
I remember the 2018 redesign of Tor Metrics that prompted similar negative responses. Back then there was a giant quote taking up the top 1/3rd of the screen. Now half of my screen is covered with a large slogan that looks like a pornsite ad: "Browse privately. Explore freely.". At the bottom there is a header called "About Us" that is smaller than the others but the text under that header is enormous. Clicking "Documentation" at the very top takes me to the old white-green design. Etc. Nobody deserves punishment by the way. You all deserve enormous kudos for working on Tor. On Wed, Mar 27, 2019 at 10:39 AM Alison Macrina <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ralph Seichter: > > * Matthew Finkel: > > > >> Please be respectful. The tone of this message is disrespectful of the > >> time, effort, and skill that went into launching the new website. It's > >> unfortunate you do not appreciate or like the new site, but that does > >> not excuse you. > > > > Disrespectful for you, maybe. I did not name names. Besides, I won't > > feign to care about time and effort spent when I consider the result not > > worth said time and effort. I don't hand out medals or diplomas for > > trying/participating. You probably get the gist. ;-) > > I agree with Matthew that your email was very rude. Basic human decency > is not "hand[ing] out medals or diplomas for trying/participating". > Please do better. We are all working hard on Tor, many of us volunteers, > and we should treat one another as community. > > > > >> This new website is significantly better and more welcoming for the > >> general population, rather than a small percentage of the population. > > > > I respect your right to have that opinion, although I disagree. What > > metrics you believe to support your "significantly better" I don't know. > > The redesign efforts were based on user testing as well as research on > usability, accessibility, and localization. I am personally excited for > how much easier it will be for our users to find what they're looking > for, and how much easier it will be to translate this new site into many > languages. > > > > >> If you have suggestions for improving the new design, then please let > >> us know. > > > > I suggest reverting to the previous website design. That design was, > > IMO, "welcoming for the general population" in the sense that it treated > > visitors as intelligent beings, capable of reading more than a few > > buzzwords. I find it alarming that a certain school of web designers > > these days seem to think their audience has the attention span of fruit > > flies. From where I am standing, *that* is disrespectful. > > > > -Ralph > > Okay, you are entitled to your opinion as well. Please also be kind. And > finally, this is a mailing list for tor-relays. Please stay on topic. > > Alison > _______________________________________________ > tor-relays mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays _______________________________________________ tor-relays mailing list [email protected] https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays
