Website message overhaul

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 11/14/11 1:10 AM, Vladimir Panteleev wrote:
> On Mon, 14 Nov 2011 03:50:04 +0200, Andrei Alexandrescu
> <SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org> wrote:
>
>> Walter and I have been working on the website for a while. We want to
>> crystallize a clear message of what the D programming language is.
>
> It's way too cheesy in my opinion. Reads like a desperate sales pitch.
> Also, too much text - right now it looks like an unappealing wall of text.
> Also, ads? Really? Are we so cheap that we can't even afford web hosting
> without annoying the user with often embarrassingly-irrelevant
> advertisements?
>
> Compare with other programming language websites:
>
> http://golang.org/
> http://www.scala-lang.org/
> http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/
> http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/cambridge/projects/fsharp/

There was more text on the page before, including a code example that 
wasn't very illustrative.

While working on the homepage I kept an eye on those websites and others 
(Perl, Java) and my perception is that the proposed website compares 
well with others.

Regarding ads, this is my "I told you" moment. I am completely opposed 
to ads anywhere on d-p-l.org, and I believe their presence hurts us in 
ways that the cost savings doesn't even begin to cover. I see it as a 
textbook case of "penny wise". That being said, Walter agreed with 
removing ads from the homepage but not the other parts of the site. I 
didn't get to that yet.


Andrei