Redesign of dlang.org

[Ola Fosheim Grøstad via Digitalmars-d]

On Tuesday, 22 December 2015 at 15:43:29 UTC, Dmitry wrote:
> On Tuesday, 22 December 2015 at 15:17:57 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe 
> wrote:
>> and a good web design should work in all these cases.
> I agree. My message was that current design supports any size, 
> but new design does not support widescreens.

That's ok, but that has nothing to do with percentages of 
screenview dimensions. It is the browser view and physical width 
(view angle) that matters.

Designing well for all view sizes is too expensive and cannot be 
done in the context of this forum. If a webdesigner with a solid 
background in usability steps up... Ok. If not, keep it simple 
and consistent.

The most important use case is new D programmers looking at 
browser and editor. The secondary use case is casual screen view 
sized browsing e.g. mobile unit.

Both use cases suggest that narrow windows should be a priority.

I am confident that in this context keeping it simple and 
consistent with a focus on least common denominator for the most 
important use case: new D programmers solving programming issues 
-> narrow widths.

As for design there are many solutions, but bikeshedding it a 
priori will just lead to an inconsistent design with lower 
usability.

As a former teacher of msc level web design and usability I am 
pretty sure that for the majority doing a complex and flecible 
design will lead to worse usability overall.

I am also pretty sure that no usability expert will volunteer in 
this bike shedding micro management context. If it happens, 
great. If not, KISS.