Redesign of dlang.org

[Aleksandar Ruzicic via Digitalmars-d]

On Friday, 18 April 2014 at 22:08:13 UTC, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
> On 4/18/2014 10:04 AM, Aleksandar Ruzicic wrote:
>>
>> I have also tried to design something myself (although I'm not 
>> a
>> designer) and this is what I came up with:
>>
>> http://krcko.net/dlang.org/dlang-home-draft1.png
>>
>> I'm not entirely satisfied with it but I believe that it looks 
>> better
>> (or at least more modern) than the current design.
>>
>>
>> So, what do you guys think?
>>
>
> I'm normally very skeptical and critical of "staying modern" 
> (and regarding someone's mention of Win8 - I find Win8 
> downright UGLY) - However...I really like your design, quite a 
> lot.
>
> As long as it's:
>
> - A normal reflowing layout (not a static fixed-width one or an 
> auto-rescaling one)

Of course.

>
> - Doesn't require JS (optional JS enhancements are fine)
>

I was told you would oppose usage of JavaScript. :)
But as I've said already I plan on using JavaScript to enhance 
things a bit only, site would function normally with JavaScript 
unavailable/disabled.

> - Works reasonably well on mobile *including* a complete and 
> total lack of that "no zooming allowed" abomination that seems 
> so popular these days (As far as I'm concerned, full 
> user-controlled scaling is *mandatory* for good usability on 
> tiny hand-held devices, especially on these "modern" capacitive 
> ones incapable of registering presses from anything more 
> accurate than a blunt finger - or for anyone with less than 
> 20/20 eyesight)

Agreed. And it shouldn't just work reasonably well on mobile, it 
must work flawlessly well :)