On 2015-12-21 06:14, Vladimir Panteleev wrote:

> Worth noting that this design modifies the logo, which Walter vetoed
> during the previous redesign.

Yeah... But as I have tried to explain, it's common for companies to have different version of the same logo for different use cases. I think this stays true to the original one. The key part of the logo is the D and the two moons (or whatever they are), which looks the same on both logos.

The Apple's logo for example. It's basically different on each of their products. Different sizes, different colors and so on. What is the same is the shape and that is what people recognize.

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/Jacob Carlborg

On Saturday, 19 December 2015 at 14:33:35 UTC, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
> Thoughts?
>
> [1] http://forum.dlang.org/thread/ejpuwwlutklvlozyfnqy@forum.dlang.org
> [2] http://forum.dlang.org/thread/fdbnecqbemseocwzghxw@forum.dlang.org
> [3] http://www.googledrive.com/host/0B7UtafxGD9vESlB3aFBxcjNPOXM

IMHO design is nice but on homepage there's too much to read. It is disorienting for a newcomer. I think you should reduce informations given on the main page. And there's nothing that catch the focus: I think you should highlight one part of that page using a bigger font size, for example. You need to drive a new user that comes there.

Colors are good but on documentation they're too light.

Andrea

On Saturday, 19 December 2015 at 14:33:35 UTC, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
> The redesign is just a mock of the start page and a Phobos documentation page. No Ddoc, vibe.d or similar is used. Only HTML, JavaScript and Less (CSS). It's not a functioning site, it's only to show the design.

Nice! A few suggestions:

1. Red is an attention-seeking colour, so it usually a good idea to use it more sparingly. But if you use it on links, make sure you only use it on "clickable" items. Right now some icons and text are red, but non-clickable.

2. Align the elements. Make the logo horizon unclipped in the horizontal direction (complete the sphere) and implement it as part of the background, then align the left edge of the D logo with the left edge of the content.

On Monday, 21 December 2015 at 08:47:48 UTC, Ola Fosheim Grøstad wrote:
> idea to use it more sparingly. But if you use it on links, make sure you only use it on "clickable" items.

I personally prefer black text with coloured underline on links. Easier on the eyes:

http://www.w3.org/

On Saturday, 19 December 2015 at 14:33:35 UTC, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
>
> Thoughts?

Fantastic. +1.

The editable and runnable code on the existing homepage is a nice touch.
That should find its way into the new homepage.

On 2015-12-21 09:12, Sean Campbell wrote:

> It only removes the border, so that it better integrates with the top menu.
> The difference between the two seem trivial?

Actually it has changed the red color and I think it removes the gloss effect. But the shape of the D and the two moons is the same, which I think is the important part.

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/Jacob Carlborg

On Saturday, 19 December 2015 at 14:33:35 UTC, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
> Thoughts?

Wow.

I really like it. Clearly better than the actual design

+1 for me.

On 2015-12-21 09:47, Ola Fosheim Grøstad wrote:

> Nice! A few suggestions:
>
> 1. Red is an attention-seeking colour, so it usually a good idea to use
> it more sparingly. But if you use it on links, make sure you only use it
> on "clickable" items. Right now some icons and text are red, but
> non-clickable.

Most links are dummy links.

> 2. Align the elements. Make the logo horizon unclipped in the horizontal
> direction (complete the sphere) and implement it as part of the
> background, then align the left edge of the D logo with the left edge of
> the content.

It's apparently very sensitive to modify the logo.

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/Jacob Carlborg

On Sunday, 20 December 2015 at 13:50:53 UTC, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
> On 2015-12-20 06:12, Charles wrote:
>
>> kind of a neat project here... mind if I help out?
>
> Sure, that would be great. Although I don't really want to do anything until Walter and Andrei approve the design.

On that - have you had any contact / discussion with Walter and/or Andrei about this?

I recall there was a thread on this very subject close to a year ago but can't remember if there was any decisions made.

On 19.12.2015 15:33, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
> http://www.googledrive.com/host/0B7UtafxGD9vESlB3aFBxcjNPOXM

I know you wait for Walter's and Andrei's approval on this before investing more work. That's very reasonable. Luckily, I'm not so reasonable ;)

http://d-ag0aep6g.rhcloud.com/

On GitHub if people want to play around with it:
https://github.com/aG0aep6G/dlang.org/tree/Ivan-Smirnov's-redesign

That's a full clone of dlang.org in the new style. I just pasted it over the old style, and hacked around on top of it until it worked, more or less. It's a quick and dirty showcase. I touched everything, but polished nothing. There are more rough edges than smooth ones.

I changed various details from the mock-up (logo, icons, text, ...), so this is not a perfect port. In particular, I tried not to throw out content and features from the current dlang.org. For now, that is. The home page is pretty crowded, and the menu bar definitely needs to be streamlined.

By the way, I'm not sold on that font. I think I'd prefer a sans-serif.