Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
I find it surprising that anyone on this forum finds this format even remotely passable, never mind better than the old one (which didn't set the bar all that high).
With all due respect to Walter, as a professional web designer I have to agree with Andrei. It's terrible for all the reasons mentioned ... and more. "1995 programmer art" sums it up.
Sad as it may seem to some, the way D (and its parent company Digital Mars) are presented and marketed is just as important, if not more so, to many potential users of D as the quality of the language itself. If their first impression of the company is amateurish then that can and does reflect poorly on the language. Many people do judge a book by its cover.
I'd suggest (at least in the interim) using the http://d-programming-language.org/ look and feel.
Walter, I think you're on the right track with your desire to make the home page more of a clean, minimalistic gateway to the different sections of Digital Mars, but the design and execution need work.
