On Sat 12 Aug 2023, Stuart Henderson wrote: > > To me, it looks just "different" rather than particularly better > (except on mobile browsers, where I find the redesigned one a bit worse > by having the links hidden away down the bottom. Scrolling to read the > text on mobile browsers with the existing version is a bit of a > nuisance, but so is scrolling to access the links in this rework). > > And "different" is a bit of a problem, there are at least 7 associated > websites which intentionally have the same basic design, which now > no longer match up. > > (I found v1 a lot worse than the existing one, mostly due to overriding > browser default font/colour choices and disabling underlining for links).
As someone using the current website both on desktop and phone, the only thing that has ever sprung to mind as a possible improvement would be to constrain the line length, as I often have to tighten the window a bit (interestingly, a good line length tends to be around 80 characters [1] and where have we heard that number before?). On man.openbsd.org there is a fixed line length, just that it is a tiny bit too wide for reading comfort. [1]: https://practicaltypography.com/line-length.html I honestly like the current design. It is functional and stands out when so many other projects seem to have spent too much time on style rather than substance.
