Redesign of dlang.org

[Jacob Carlborg via Digitalmars-d]

On 2014-04-22 14:21, w0rp wrote:
> I like your design. Go forth and make it happen.
>
> On line length, the optimal line length is somewhere between 70 and 110
> characters from what I have read. I found one study here which didn't
> turn up a great observable difference in reading speed or comprehension
> going from 80 to 110 characters.
>
> http://www.perceptionweb.com/ecvp/ecvp03.pdf (Page 107)
>
> This is a general theme from studies I have seen. Results seem to vary a
> bit. Something inside that range appears to be good.
>
> I recommend Bootstrap for building sites, as it was worked well at my
> company. The designer here is a big fan of it, and when a site framework
> makes him happy, it's got to be pretty good.
>
> As for avoiding the SCSS dependency, I'd say just go for plain CSS. SCSS
> and other CSS wrapper languages give you some nice features, like
> templates for cross-browser support or variables, but I don't think they
> justify the complexity involved in using them. We've been using SCSS at
> the company I currently work in, and so far all I've gotten out of SCSS
> is that it takes me longer to go through the feedback loop of making a
> change to a CSS file and seeing it happen in the browser, due to the
> milliseconds it takes to compile the CSS file. It's really not worth the
> trouble.

I say it's the opposite. I never use plain CSS or JavaScript these days. 
I mostly use Ruby on Rails where this is built-in and has good support. 
I'm using LiveReload together with Guard. When the Sass/CSS is updated 
it doesn't even need to reload the whole page, it just updates the 
stylesheet.

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/Jacob Carlborg