Website message overhaul, pass 2

[Kapps]

Also, the title is currently "- The D Programming Language". I assume 
that "- " at the start shouldn't be there?

On 21/11/2011 1:28 AM, Kapps wrote:
> I think it actually looks quite nice.
>
> Some issues:
> I really think it should be Expand/Contract Example instead of +/-
> Example. Having +/- after a period just seems... strange.
>
> Example Convenience[1] uses 'dictionary' as the name of the AA, then
> references it by using 'table'.
> Example Convenience[2] uses new Widget. This goes against @property I
> believe, and would probably not work with -property.
>
> I really don't like the "#!/usr/bin/rdmd" at the top. I believe this is
> a unix thing (at the very least, Windows command prompt does not support
> '#!'), and it's worrying seeing something like that when looking at
> basic examples for a cross-platform language. It will either confuse the
> user if they don't know what it is, perhaps making them think it's part
> of the language (as # usually means a preprocessor directive), or make
> them wonder whether things like Windows are treated second-hand when
> it's all they see.
>
>
> On 20/11/2011 11:31 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>> On 11/20/11 2:40 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>>> Thanks to all who provided feedback! I read again the entire thread,
>>> then made one more pass:
>>>
>>> http://d-programming-language.org/new/
>>
>> I made one more pass and improved the homepage in a number of ways.
>> (Learned about <div> more than I ever wanted to know...)
>>
>> * The news column is now on the right.
>>
>> * Border is thinner
>>
>> * The page behaves better when shrinking laterally
>>
>> * Footer is better integrated
>>
>> * Copyright text is smaller
>>
>>
>> Andrei
>