[OT] Re: Redesign of dlang.org

[Sönke Ludwig via Digitalmars-d]

Am 28.07.2014 21:13, schrieb Gary Willoughby:
> On Monday, 28 July 2014 at 18:51:45 UTC, Sönke Ludwig wrote:
>> Also, and this needs to be stressed, the major part of w0rp's work so
>> far is about the technical basis. You dismissed that as a minor
>> detail, but it is not.
>
> The design is *the* most important part of the web site. Period! No one
> cares how it works, only the user experience of the site matters. Do you
> think users give a hoot how facebook works?

Yes, I don't try to argue against the importance of the design. The 
point is that it's an orthogonal feature and that it can be worked on 
mostly independently. You focus on the design and w0rp mostly focuses on 
the technical side, which is probably part of the reason why the 
discussion doesn't work out very well.

>
> Also who starts a project without designing it first? I mean honestly,
> why start such a major piece of work without even a vague spec? Has w0rp
> even asked users here what the site needs to encompass? Has the question
> been asked what content must exist, who needs what info and where,
> colour schemes, for mobile devices?  etc.
>
> </flogging dead horse>

He basically just took the mockup of Aleksandar Ruzicic, which was met 
with some optimism, and brought it to live. AFAICS that's all he really 
did WRT the design. The content was basically meant to stay the same as 
it is now*.

* Honestly, apart from some important key parts, such as the front page 
or the download page, it would be insane to start over and redo the 
contents, just for the sheer amount of work that this would mean.