Website message overhaul

Andrei Alexandrescu SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org
Mon Nov 14 12:16:11 PST 2011


On 11/14/11 11:55 AM, Vladimir Panteleev wrote:
> On Mon, 14 Nov 2011 21:45:58 +0200, Andrei Alexandrescu
> <SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org> wrote:
>
>> There was more text on the page before, including a code example that
>> wasn't very illustrative.
>
> Most other front pages are still more varied and dynamic.
> What happened with the ideas to have the latest commits / newsgroup
> topics / etc. in a box on the front page?

What happened is that nobody took those to completion. I did all I could 
in a limited amount of time. My focus was the message more than the 
presentation.

>> 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.
>
> There's also a moral issue here. Except for the articles he's written,
> Walter is basically monetizing the work of everyone who's contributed to
> D.

I think that's an exaggeration.


Andrei



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