On 2015-02-02 at 18:29, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
> On 01/27/2015 03:02 PM, anonymous wrote:
>> PR: https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/dlang.org/pull/869 - For
>> details see here.
>> Live version: http://ag0aep6g-dlang.rhcloud.com - If you've visited this
>> before, you may have to clear your cache to see the proper logo color.
>
> The right-side panel is WAY too prominent. It takes nearly an entire third of the horizontal space, leaving the main content much to squished.

Yes. The main content is way too narrow when the right panel finally disappears.

> The upper part of the left-side panel has far too much wasted vertical space. The main links don't even start until almost halfway down the first "screen" (ie, before you start scrolling).

I love the logo with the horizon and the color scheme of the navigation panel, but I also feel that too much precious space above the fold is wasted. Compare the two: http://fgda.pl/static/dlang_org_sidebar.png

On 02/02/2015 04:59 PM, FG wrote:
> On 2015-02-02 at 18:29, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
>> On 01/27/2015 03:02 PM, anonymous wrote:
>>> PR: https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/dlang.org/pull/869 - For
>>> details see here.
>>> Live version: http://ag0aep6g-dlang.rhcloud.com - If you've visited this
>>> before, you may have to clear your cache to see the proper logo color.
>>
>> The right-side panel is WAY too prominent. It takes nearly an entire
>> third of the horizontal space, leaving the main content much to squished.
>
> Yes. The main content is way too narrow when the right panel finally
> disappears.
>

I assume you mean "*until* the right panel finally disappears"?

>> The upper part of the left-side panel has far too much wasted vertical
>> space. The main links don't even start until almost halfway down the
>> first "screen" (ie, before you start scrolling).
>
> I love the logo with the horizon and the color scheme of the navigation
> panel, but I also feel that too much precious space above the fold is
> wasted. Compare the two: http://fgda.pl/static/dlang_org_sidebar.png
>

Yea, the example on the right is way better. It even *looks* much, much nicer.

On Wednesday, 28 January 2015 at 15:54:31 UTC, anonymous wrote:
> On Tuesday, 27 January 2015 at 20:02:12 UTC, anonymous wrote:
>> PR: https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/dlang.org/pull/869 - For details see here.
>> Live version: http://ag0aep6g-dlang.rhcloud.com - If you've visited this before, you may have to clear your cache to see the proper logo color.
>
> Here's a variant with a grey background and the old logo, suggested by veelo on GitHub: http://ag0aep6g-dlang.rhcloud.com/variants/grey-oldlogo/

Gray looks better, defo. But we could still keep the new logo from the first (red) version. The new logo style looks infinitely better. Maybe introduce a gradient from Mars red to black, or just try the same on gray (shade and all). Keeping the old clunky logo is like having a brand new Maserati with the hood of a Volkswagen Beetle :-) He!

On Tue, Feb 03, 2015 at 10:13:49PM +0000, Chris via Digitalmars-d wrote: [...]
> Keeping the old clunky logo is like having a brand new Maserati with the hood of a Volkswagen Beetle :-) He!

Actually, the Volkswagen Beetle is my all-time favorite car shape. I would totally dig a Beetle with a modern engine and internals. :-D (I don't like the modern VW beetles, btw. I'm talking about the 1975 Beetles. :-P)


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On Monday, 2 February 2015 at 17:29:05 UTC, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
> The right-side panel is WAY too prominent. It takes nearly an entire third of the horizontal space, leaving the main content much to squished.

Yeah, I'd forgotten to update the max-widths.

https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/dlang.org/pull/886

> The upper part of the left-side panel has far too much wasted vertical space. The main links don't even start until almost halfway down the first "screen" (ie, before you start scrolling).

One thing I thought of is putting the search box below the menu links. The downside would be, that it's harder to find when a foldable section is expanded.

> Also, the search box suffers from invisible text syndrome. I think you set its background color to white while forgetting to set the foreground text color. CSS and UI designers tend to forget that not everyone uses a "dark-on-light" system color scheme. (for some of us, "dark-on-light" hurts our eyes)

https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/dlang.org/pull/887

On Tuesday, 3 February 2015 at 22:13:50 UTC, Chris wrote:
> On Wednesday, 28 January 2015 at 15:54:31 UTC, anonymous wrote:
>> On Tuesday, 27 January 2015 at 20:02:12 UTC, anonymous wrote:
>>> PR: https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/dlang.org/pull/869 - For details see here.
>>> Live version: http://ag0aep6g-dlang.rhcloud.com - If you've visited this before, you may have to clear your cache to see the proper logo color.
>>
>> Here's a variant with a grey background and the old logo, suggested by veelo on GitHub: http://ag0aep6g-dlang.rhcloud.com/variants/grey-oldlogo/
>
> Gray looks better, defo

Grey is so boring and drab. A splash of color looks nice and draws attention. Corporate grey has connotations with Java, Basic, or COBOL. Let's not go overboard with it.