Redesign of dlang.org

[Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d]

On 4/22/14, 1:39 PM, "Ola Fosheim Grøstad" 
<ola.fosheim.grostad+dlang at gmail.com>" wrote:
> On Tuesday, 22 April 2014 at 20:01:27 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>> On 4/22/14, 3:32 AM, Kagamin wrote:
>>>
>>> What's problem with entire page width? I don't remember difficulty
>>> reading w3c docs or gcc docs or linux man pages even when they occupy
>>> the entire page width.
>>
>> https://www.google.com/search?q=page%20width%20study#q=optimal+page+width+for+reading&safe=off
>>
>>
>
> As I have already pointed out, there is no optimal width. E.g. if you
> have 3 lines per paragraph you can have longer lines. If you have 20
> lines per paragrap you need shorter ones.

According to the top hits in the search I posted, your point is not valid.

> So why are you doing this?
> Trying to be clever? Obviously not.

I don't understand the motivation of this quip.

> Kagamin meant "window width". Clearly if the user can adjust his window
> he can get the desired text width.

Today's crop of browsers are tabbed, and for many users the position of 
the browser window is dictated by external constraints (relation to 
other windows, external monitor or not etc) and it's unreasonable to 
demand resizing the window whenever they swap tabs.

> Only after two decades of academics
> pointing out a need for flexible width do web designers get it and start
> chanting for "responsive design". Not because they actually understand
> what they are doing, but because they were FORCED to leave their ugly
> fixed width obsession by the introduction of mobile devices.

Strawman. I'm not advocating for fixed width.

> Too many documentation sites still get this wrong, meaning: they don't
> work properly if the user sets a larger font or uses his own stylesheets.
>
> This is the proper link:
>
> http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/
>
> (You ARE flame baiting, right? I think you owe Kagamin an apology.)

Wut? This is weird, but whatevs. Just please don't charge him attorney 
fees :o).


Andrei