Website message overhaul

[Jacob Carlborg]

On 2011-11-14 22:04, Robert Clipsham wrote:
> On 14/11/2011 01:50, Andrei Alexandrescu 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.
>>
>> Please take a look at http://d-programming-language.org/new/. The work
>> is content-only (no significant changes in style, though collapsible
>> examples and twitter news are a new style element).
>>
>> Feedback is welcome.
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Andrei
>
> Another point, partially based on things others have said that I've now
> read:
>
> As I mentioned in another post, myself (and many, many others I'm sure)
> have the ability to look at a page and automatically find what we want
> without reading anything. People visiting dpl.org will be in one of two
> groups:
>
> - Potential D users
> - D users
>
> What they want to see:
>
> = Potential D users
> i ) Sample code
> ii ) Reasons to use D
> iii) Download/try/setup links
> iv ) How to find out more
>
> = D users
> v ) Download links
> vi ) How to get help
> vii ) Language reference
> viii) Library reference
> ix ) News/things of interest
> x ) Current version (Do I have the latest and greatest? This will be
> less important as the language continues to mature)
> xi ) Changelog (see above, less important with time)
> xii ) How to get involved.
>
> This is a lot of information to get onto one page, but it can easily be
> simplified with a simple bit of knowledge - D users have seen the page
> before.
>
> Related note: I can't find any of these by looking at the D front page,
> despite having seen it hundreds of times (yes, I know most of it is in
> the sidebar, that's not something I see without thinking about it
> though, I automatically assume it's just part of the background).
>

As I'm already a D user I'm looking first for Library reference and 
Language reference. I mean, if I am a D user I most likely already have 
a compiler installed and doesn't have to look for that as much as the 
points.

-- 
/Jacob Carlborg