Worrying attitudes to the branding of the D language

[Andrej Mitrovic via Digitalmars-d]

Then provide something?

On Wednesday, July 2, 2014, Gary Willoughby via Digitalmars-d <
digitalmars-d at puremagic.com> wrote:
> On Wednesday, 2 July 2014 at 18:49:49 UTC, Tofu Ninja wrote:
>>
>> It has been commented on in this thread that major tech companies seem
to always be following a fad, in that the prevalent theme seems to change
quite often. For example going from high gloss(win7 era) to flat(win8 era).
I don't think this is by accident(how could it be). To stay relevant, they
must be perceived as having innovation even if that innovation only comes
in the form of a face lift.
>
> The problem with chasing the latest trend is that you're *always*
changing and it's change for change sake. Yes the website needs an overhaul
but i honestly think it can be done to look fresh and current, respecting
the current D logo and identity (using reds) and as Walter said to serve
developers with accurate and well presented text.
>
> The 'new' design by w0rp (http://w0rp.com:8010/) does none of those
things. He's well intentioned but even things like basic text layout and
white space usage are completely lacking.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typography
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_space_(visual_arts)
>
> We can do better.
>
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