Please comment on http://d-programming-language.org/

[Gareth Charnock]

On 02/09/10 09:46, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
> On 2010-09-02 09:48, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
>> "Andrei Alexandrescu"<SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org> wrote in message
>> news:i5ni8j$1nk4$1 at digitalmars.com...
>>> Time to zero in on the overall design and start working on the content.
>>> Please give the design one more round of comments.
>>>
>>
>> I think I would try just getting rid of the red flare in the
>> background, and
>> maybe just make a slightly reddish solid background color. It was a neat
>> idea, but I think getting it to really look right would be a bit
>> difficult.
>>
>> Everything else seems to look fine though from a quick look-though. Main
>> font size is perfect.
>
> I would agree with that and would like to add:
>
> * I don't like most of the graphics, the images, like these:
> * http://d-programming-language.org/images/c1.gif
> * http://d-programming-language.org/images/d3.gif
> * the others with similar style found at:
> http://d-programming-language.org/images/
>
> * Maybe try an other style for the links
> * The table at: http://d-programming-language.org/comparison.html just
> looks awful. It's mostly the border and the link style doesn't work on
> that lime green background color and not on the red background either.
> * BTW I would update all the tables to use a solid border instead of the
> current one.
>
I'm afraid I really like the red flare; it makes the website look more 
visually appealing. A solid background colour would just look blander.

However, I agree with the comments about the c1.gif and d3.gif images. 
They don't really fit with the more professional looking new design.