Redesign of dlang.org

[Steven Schveighoffer via Digitalmars-d]

On Fri, 18 Apr 2014 10:04:03 -0400, Aleksandar Ruzicic  
<aleksandar at ruzicic.info> 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.

Great!

> 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?

To be honest, it looks no "better" than the current website. Basically  
it's more windows-8-ish. But I don't think it's a significant improvement.  
BTW, I don't think you properly remember early 2000's web sites...

I don't share your opinion that the web site need to be "modern" to avoid  
warding off potential adopters. If they are turned off of using a system  
programming language by a bland (debatable) site look and feel, then I  
think there was really something else bothering them.

That being said, changing look and feel has a "this site is being  
maintained" air to it. I just don't think it's critical enough at this  
point to diverge talent away from working on the language.

-Steve