> Report problems/comments/suggestions to me so that the list doesn’t get flooded.
Oops... On Tue, Aug 18, 2020 at 2:04 PM Laurent <[email protected]> wrote: > I too love the new design. Good job! > > Just a few comments if I may—others may disagree with them, so do what you > want with them: > - In Mature, I would mention the excellent documentation, and maybe the > neat module system, rather than standalone binaries. > - In the first section, 6 items rather than 4 would be okay with me. > - A little more syntax coloration would look nicer. Datalog is given no > coloration for example, which makes it look like a second-class citizen. > - [French . "Allô le monde"] --> [French . "Bonjour le monde"] > ("Allo" is used exclusively as a greeting on the phone in fr-fr) > - Although I see the intent behind having: > my-hello-world > (printf > <http://docs.racket-lang.org/reference/Writing.html#(def._((quote._~23~25kernel)._printf))> > "~a\n" my-hello-world) > (message-box > <http://docs.racket-lang.org/gui/Windowing_Functions.html#(def._((lib._mred/main..rkt)._message-box))> > "" my-hello-world) > I would recommend only the latter, so as to look as simple as possible > - Some 'cool' features that I think should be on the front page: > - powerful and extensible 'for' loops (on a personal note, it's the > ability to define your own loops that brought me back to Scheme a while ago) > - plotting and drawing libraries > - "no make files required" --> "no makefiles required" I suppose > - The picture big-macros-class.png isn't displayed in its original > proportions, which doesn't look good. The same goes for lang-video.png. > - The "Vibrant community" is a little redundant with the "Community" one, > two sections below. > - The "Polished" subsection is a little redundant with the "IDE support" > subsection. "Polished" isn't very telling either. (Not sure what to > recommend though.) > - I would remove "(neé DrScheme)", but if you keep it, it should be "née". > - "Racket programmers usually love parentheses, but they have empathy for > those few who need commas and braces." :-D > "They have empathy for those few" maybe can sound a little condescending > for some people rather than funny? What about "but they understand those > who feel better with" > - I'm a little torn on whether the texts in the second section are too > verbose or not. I would have imagined a style closer to slides, such as > bullets lists with emphasis on some words. Maybe not. > - I miss the 7-liner programs :) > - "DRY": Wikipedia link? > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_repeat_yourself > - I would prefer if (define > <http://docs.racket-lang.org/reference/define.html#(form._((lib._racket/private/base..rkt)._define))> > cim current-inexact-milliseconds) was declared before its first use. I > find it a little confusing otherwise. > - What about using `define-simple-macro` instead of `define-syntax` + > `syntax-parse` for the sake of simplicity? > > > > On Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 11:30 PM Stephen De Gabrielle < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> On Mon, 17 Aug 2020 at 16:36, Sorawee Porncharoenwase < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I think you meant to reply all? >>> >>> >> Oops - yes 🤪 >> >>> >>> >>> >>> The feedback from that blog post is always good. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Which feedback? >>> >>> I seem to recall people finding that blog post useful when it is pointed >> out to them. I currently have it in a pinned tab in the browser. >> >> S. >> >> >> >> >>> >>> On Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 8:13 AM Stephen De Gabrielle < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> The feedback from that blog post is always good. >>>> Noting that it has two predecessors I truly believe it should become >>>> the chapter 0 of >>>> https://docs.racket-lang.org/racket-build-guide/index.html >>>> >>>> Did I say I love the new design? >>>> >>>> Stephen >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 2:25 PM Sorawee Porncharoenwase < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> For "Contributing", would it make more sense to link to the official >>>>> guide (https://docs.racket-lang.org/racket-build-guide/contribute.html) >>>>> rather >>>>> than the blog post ( >>>>> https://blog.racket-lang.org/2017/09/tutorial-contributing-to-racket.html >>>>> )? >>>>> >>>>> - The blog post is a little bit outdated on the "Hints for finding >>>>> documentation" section (we now have a good way to locate where the doc is, >>>>> thanks to Sam). >>>>> - The blog post is probably never going to be updated, but the >>>>> official guide can be updated. >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 5:45 AM Matthias Felleisen < >>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Jun 21, 2019, at 6:15 PM, Matthias Felleisen < >>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Many thanks to all the people who sent feedback to the proposed new >>>>>> web site. >>>>>> >>>>>> While, as you could see for yourself, the opinions are somewhat >>>>>> diverging on many aspects, the exercise was extremely helpful. We will >>>>>> assess the various ideas and see what can and cannot be implemented. If >>>>>> your idea doesn’t make it, rest assured that it has influenced our >>>>>> thinking >>>>>> and your effort of writing it down was worth it. >>>>>> >>>>>> — Matthias >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi everyone, >>>>>> >>>>>> as you can see from the date of the quoted email, it has been a while >>>>>> since we discussed the revision of our front page. And it is time to >>>>>> return >>>>>> to this topic. The revised design is located here: >>>>>> >>>>>> https://users.cs.northwestern.edu/~robby/tmp/Web/www/ >>>>>> >>>>>> While some the feedback was contradictory, a lot of it was helpful >>>>>> and found its way into the design in one way or another. Of course, that >>>>>> does not mean everybody will be happy but the people who have spent a lot >>>>>> of time on this effort are. >>>>>> >>>>>> We would appreciate the following: >>>>>> >>>>>> — test-drive the web site on your laptop browser to discover typos, >>>>>> grammatical mistakes, bad images etc. >>>>>> — also visit the page on your phones and see whether the phone layout >>>>>> works for yours. >>>>>> >>>>>> Report problems/comments/suggestions to me so that the list doesn’t >>>>>> get flooded. >>>>>> >>>>>> IF and that would be WONDERFUL, you have knowledge on how to improve >>>>>> the CSS to fix a problem, create a pull request at >>>>>> >>>>>> https://github.com/racket/racket-lang-org/tree/wip-2nd >>>>>> which is the relevant branch of the source of the Racket Lang Org >>>>>> web site. >>>>>> >>>>>> We will go public in a week from today. >>>>>> >>>>>> Thank you all for all your inputs again and we’re looking forward to >>>>>> your final comments. >>>>>> >>>>>> — Matthias >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "Racket Developers" group. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>>>>> send an email to [email protected]. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-dev/E5F16FA3-F68B-4802-A9E9-1333B3A48014%40felleisen.org >>>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-dev/E5F16FA3-F68B-4802-A9E9-1333B3A48014%40felleisen.org?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>>> . >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "Racket Developers" group. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-dev/CADcuegv4Sn-8smJvKZB-1pxVM%2BcJ5jD%2BH7A509QTORTExNN%2BTQ%40mail.gmail.com >>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-dev/CADcuegv4Sn-8smJvKZB-1pxVM%2BcJ5jD%2BH7A509QTORTExNN%2BTQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>> . >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >> ---- >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Racket Developers" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-dev/CAGHj7-J4-FD%3DLnsGwS9GENz-e_3QrewStf5_0MZAxUSyQDMGvQ%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-dev/CAGHj7-J4-FD%3DLnsGwS9GENz-e_3QrewStf5_0MZAxUSyQDMGvQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Racket Developers" group. 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