[OT] Re: Redesign of dlang.org

[uri via Digitalmars-d]

On Monday, 28 July 2014 at 09:16:44 UTC, Gary Willoughby wrote:

You said you don't like it and you were heard the first time

>
> I'm speaking the truth which often hurts.
>

Yes and I don't see w0rp running off and sulking about it either.

> Your problem is you are not able to take any criticism 
> whatsoever against this piece of work. The design is awful, 
> period.
>
> I have nothing against you personally and i think it's good 
> that you are initiating this effort but the design is the first 
> thing that should be addressed and in no way be an 
> afterthought. I apologise if i sound terse but usually in my 
> line of work shoddy efforts have to be address upfront and with 
> prejudice.

w0rp et. al. have asked for your contributions in art/design 
because you say you know how to do a better job.

>
> The very first thing you should of done is to create mockups 
> (in photoshop, etc) of what each page should look like and make 
> sure the design can accommodate all the content. Once the 
> design is approved then implement the site. The backend is 
> inconsequential, use whatever you are comfortable with. Vibe.d, 
> LAMP it doesn't matter. Users don't care about the backend. 
> What matters is the user experience (especially within the 
> documentation) and that is what should be addressed in a 
> thoughtful professional matter. This is not optional or 
> something that should be done along the way.

Stating something is crap in a volunteer project is useless 
unless you can follow it up with something equally useful.

For an engineer you sound just like our marketing team at work: 
Always ready to produce some warm and fuzzy ideas but light on 
the specifics and actual work.

/uri