[OT] Re: Redesign of dlang.org

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On Thursday, 21 August 2014 at 04:59:20 UTC, Hubert wrote:
> First I wanna say that I've become a huge fan of D, and I hope 
> one day I can replace all my creative projects with a D 
> codebase. With that said, I do agree that D could use a 
> redesign. I've not been monitoring this thread very closely, 
> but the design suggestions I've seen so far has dissapointed 
> me. Don't misunderstand me; the proposals look good, but they 
> are in my opinion too conservative.
>
> Now I've given it a shot and created a first draft on how I 
> imagine a future Dlang.org could/should look like, keep in mind 
> that nothing is final yet:
>
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/oicmwoboku136jq/dlang_test_redesign.png
>
> My emphasis has been on creating a friendly first impression; a 
> lightweight page to introduce newcomers to D and get them 
> started quickly. I think this is a sane design approach when it 
> comes to D's current position in the "market". I've not yet 
> begun any work on the views for the documentation and similar 
> pages with a larger amount of copy.
>
> (I hope I haven't missed any earlier design proposal that 
> already looks like this.)

It probably looks good as a landing page for a newcomers but I 
will annoyed with extra forced navigation very quick through 
daily usage of the web site. It sacrifices productivity in favor 
of good looks.