On Tuesday, 22 December 2015 at 15:43:29 UTC, Dmitry wrote:
On Tuesday, 22 December 2015 at 15:17:57 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe
wrote:
and a good web design should work in all these cases.
I agree. My message was that current design supports any size,
but new design does not support widescreens.
That's ok, but that has nothing to do with percentages of
screenview dimensions. It is the browser view and physical width
(view angle) that matters.
Designing well for all view sizes is too expensive and cannot be
done in the context of this forum. If a webdesigner with a solid
background in usability steps up... Ok. If not, keep it simple
and consistent.
The most important use case is new D programmers looking at
browser and editor. The secondary use case is casual screen view
sized browsing e.g. mobile unit.
Both use cases suggest that narrow windows should be a priority.
I am confident that in this context keeping it simple and
consistent with a focus on least common denominator for the most
important use case: new D programmers solving programming issues
-> narrow widths.
As for design there are many solutions, but bikeshedding it a
priori will just lead to an inconsistent design with lower
usability.
As a former teacher of msc level web design and usability I am
pretty sure that for the majority doing a complex and flecible
design will lead to worse usability overall.
I am also pretty sure that no usability expert will volunteer in
this bike shedding micro management context. If it happens,
great. If not, KISS.
