On Saturday, 20 July 2013 at 21:19:03 UTC, Gary Willoughby wrote:
> I'm starting to blog a little more and in particular i've started writing more about D. I'm using it a great deal at work now and all new stuff is to be written in it. I'm loving every minute of this and really want to sing its praises.
>
> I'll not lie though, i still need to learn a great deal to be at the level of the engineers here but my sights are fully fixed on D and learning every aspect of it. I've already made a small contribution to druntime and i hope to do more.
>
> I've finally got my head around templates and i've really started to understand their power and flexibility so i thought i would write an article as a one stop shop for other developers who need to understand this stuff as quickly as possible. I'd like for your verification that i have my facts straight and if not i'll amend the text asap.
>
> Be gentle: http://nomad.so/2013/07/templates-in-d-explained/

Very nice thanks a heap.

Do not mind the Nay Sayers!  When a man needs to rebel he needs to rebel.
(But I must confess I'm a little spooked, thinking of Ayn Rand's Anthem.)

On 7/21/13 7:18 PM, Walter Bright wrote:
> On 7/20/2013 2:19 PM, Gary Willoughby wrote:
>> Be gentle: http://nomad.so/2013/07/templates-in-d-explained/
>
> http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1irdjn/how_to_use_templates_in_d/

Publishing to reddit should be preferably done on weekdays in the morning.

Andrei

On 7/20/13 2:19 PM, Gary Willoughby wrote:
> I'm starting to blog a little more and in particular i've started
> writing more about D. I'm using it a great deal at work now and all new
> stuff is to be written in it. I'm loving every minute of this and really
> want to sing its praises.

Great work! If your employer is not listed at http://wiki.dlang.org/Current_D_Use, could you please add it?

Thanks,

Andrei

On Sunday, 21 July 2013 at 20:25:38 UTC, Tobias Pankrath wrote:
> Stopped reading after two sentences because it is grey font on grey background.

+1
Please fix the colours: I don't care whether you use I or i, anyway I can't read what you wrote..
Sure I could copy/paste the text, mess with the CSS, but no: if you truly want readers fix your blog colours.

Thanks,
renoX

On Monday, 22 July 2013 at 12:39:28 UTC, renoX wrote:
> On Sunday, 21 July 2013 at 20:25:38 UTC, Tobias Pankrath wrote:
>> Stopped reading after two sentences because it is grey font on grey background.
>
> +1
> Please fix the colours: I don't care whether you use I or i, anyway I can't read what you wrote..
> Sure I could copy/paste the text, mess with the CSS, but no: if you truly want readers fix your blog colours.
>
> Thanks,
> renoX

Thanks, i've increased the contrast a bit, it maybe was a 'bit' too grey!

the colors still through me off. with orange and shades of grey for the text and the background.

i liked the article.


On Monday, 22 July 2013 at 19:07:50 UTC, Gary Willoughby wrote:
> On Monday, 22 July 2013 at 12:39:28 UTC, renoX wrote:
>> On Sunday, 21 July 2013 at 20:25:38 UTC, Tobias Pankrath wrote:
>>> Stopped reading after two sentences because it is grey font on grey background.
>>
>> +1
>> Please fix the colours: I don't care whether you use I or i, anyway I can't read what you wrote..
>> Sure I could copy/paste the text, mess with the CSS, but no: if you truly want readers fix your blog colours.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> renoX
>
> Thanks, i've increased the contrast a bit, it maybe was a 'bit' too grey!

I think bright orange on the webpage distracts from the low contrast main text.


On Wednesday, 24 July 2013 at 17:23:49 UTC, Kirill wrote:
> the colors still through me off. with orange and shades of grey for the text and the background.
>
> i liked the article.
>
>
> On Monday, 22 July 2013 at 19:07:50 UTC, Gary Willoughby wrote:
>> On Monday, 22 July 2013 at 12:39:28 UTC, renoX wrote:
>>> On Sunday, 21 July 2013 at 20:25:38 UTC, Tobias Pankrath wrote:
>>>> Stopped reading after two sentences because it is grey font on grey background.
>>>
>>> +1
>>> Please fix the colours: I don't care whether you use I or i, anyway I can't read what you wrote..
>>> Sure I could copy/paste the text, mess with the CSS, but no: if you truly want readers fix your blog colours.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> renoX
>>
>> Thanks, i've increased the contrast a bit, it maybe was a 'bit' too grey!

On Wednesday, 24 July 2013 at 17:27:46 UTC, Kirill wrote:
> I think bright orange on the webpage distracts from the low contrast main text.

That's the intended design. Also, the contrast passes online all contrast tests i've tried, so i will leave it as it is.

On Sun, 21 Jul 2013 15:39:47 -0700
Walter Bright <newshound2@digitalmars.com> wrote:

> On 7/21/2013 3:24 PM, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:
> > This is why I prefer to use 'thou' when writing documentation. :-P
> 
> I use "thou" when I'm issuing commandments to my subjects.

Thou shalt not obey this commandment.