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[Kyle Furlong]

nick wrote:
> I would have gladly provided a new layout(the generic tabs on the top,
> couple of gradients thing).
> The problem is that wiki4d generates (I assume it hasn't changed since I
> last looked) code for a website from the 1980s or 1990s. It's not using
> divs, spans, etc.
> 
> I know nothing of the underlying technology behind wiki4d.
> 
> However, I agree with this:
> 
> "What we need is a dprogramming.com marketing site, with examples,
> tutorials, a beginniner package, and flashy stuff.
> ~John Demme"
> 
> Maybe we don't need flashy stuff, but we need to exude an air of
> professionalism. Of course, I don't think this really matters until we
> are approaching D0.8 or so.
> 
> 
> Derek Parnell wrote:
>> On Tue, 02 May 2006 19:38:16 -0700, nick wrote:
>>
>>> No offense to those running wiki4d, but it looks like an abandoned site
>>> from mid 1990s. Anything posted on that site might as well have a huge
>>> "don't pay attention to what I'm saying; this is out of date" label on it.
>>>
>>> It's unfortunate indeed, because there is some good info there; it just
>>> needs a visual update. Last I attempted something in that direction, I
>>> was overzealous and apparently offended the man behind wiki4d.
>> I totally understand, however one mustn't confuse 'content' with 'form'.
>> And as you say, this site contains some good stuff, it just looks like it
>> couldn't. 
>>
>> I'd also appreciate an improvement to the site's visual format but I still
>> use the site for its content in spite of that. Oh, and by the way, to me it
>> looks more like 1980's vintage that didn't want to bother a UI designer for
>> help.
>>

You understand the version numbers yes?

We are at the 155th revision thus 0.155. If Walter releases a new 
revision twice a month, it would take 26.875 years to reach 0.8.

-- 
Kyle Furlong // Physics Undergrad, UCSB

"D is going wherever the D community wants it to go." - Walter Bright