Redesign of dlang.org

[Chris via Digitalmars-d]

On Friday, 18 April 2014 at 14:04:04 UTC, Aleksandar Ruzicic 
wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I've been D enthusiast for couple of years now (but I do not 
> participate much in discussions here, although I read forums 
> almost daily), and I keep telling people about D and how 
> awesome it is.
>
> But, all this time D's official website somehow archaic look 
> kept troubling me. It reminds me of early 2000's design and I 
> really cannot associate this design with "modern" or "elegant", 
> what D really is.
> I think that we must invest time and energy improving the 
> website's look and feel as that is what people first coming to 
> D will see. We need to strive for "wow" and not "meh" as a 
> first impression.
>
> So I have started this thread to see if there is a chance for 
> complete redesign of dlang.org.
>
> 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?
>
>
>
>
> -- Aleksandar

[I haven't had time to follow the entire thread, but] I like the 
design, it's a good starting point. Especially the integration of 
the logo. Nice and clean. (The current logo is just too bulky and 
clumsy, imo*)

However, my experience tells me that we should wait with 
redesigning it until the technical issues/problems have been 
solved, e.g. the migration to vibe.d, which I'm in favor of (I've 
had good experiences with vibe.d so far), and the doc generation 
issue etc etc. Once that is out of the way, we can think about 
new designs. Yours is very nice and "modern". However, we also 
have to take mobile devices (tablets, smartphones) into account 
and see how we can adapt to these (different layouts or one for 
all?).

Another issue is that we don't have to jump on any bandwagon 
(every time the "fashion" changes), we can roll our own design, 
one that fits the community's and the language's needs, 
regardless of what is trendy or "modern" at any given time (don't 
imitate, innovate!).

My two cents anyway ...

*(D is already a bulky letter, so there shouldn't be much else on 
the logo)