Ml, Orchidaceae. Please don't mix questions of style and priority. It is really different things. In theory, we may improve error messages and switch to the new site simultaneously. Nice-looking site doesn't make compiler worse.
2015-07-29 17:09 GMT+03:00 Orchidaceae Phalaenopsis <[email protected]>: > I whole heartedly agree with [email protected] > > Improving error messages in the compiler and producing learning > resources would help users much more. > > On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 2:16 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> The current website is awesome - simple, functional and just works >> on most (all?) devices - there is no good reason to replace it with anything. >> >> My opinion is that time and efforts should be spent on the actual language, >> framework and tools, >> rather than distractions like this. >> >> >> >> On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 01:32:18PM -0400, Adam Chlipala wrote: >>> Thanks to everyone for their thoughts on the project web site. Here's my >>> summary of the 5-ish opinions expressed: >>> - It's not clear that the large background graphic from Torstein's design is >>> the way to go. Somehow it may be out of keeping with the "character" of the >>> Ur/Web project. >>> - Adding a live-coding demo section seems like a no-brainer. I started a >>> separate discussion thread looking for someone to spearhead an >>> implementation. >>> - Moving to Git & GitHub also seems like a no-brainer. One concern about >>> GitHub was expressed, regarding censorship. I personally am not too worried >>> there, as it's easy to maintain "mirrors" of a Git repository all over the >>> place, to be ready in case one main provider goes over to the dark side. >>> The pros seem to outweigh the cons, considering how many potential >>> contributors already have GitHub accounts and are used to using GitHub. >>> - It may still be worth tweaking the graphical design of the Ur project >>> site, but I'm not seeing a clear consensus right now on exactly how that >>> should look. (I really don't mind the current site. :P) >>> >>> Another very useful thing would be a tutorial that doesn't assume ML and >>> Haskell familiarity, ideally written by someone beside me, since Ur/Web's >>> design has been in some sense optimized for my brain. :) Any takers there? >>> >>> On 07/27/2015 08:30 PM, Stefan Scott Alexander wrote: >>> >Also, "eating your own dog food" would probably be a plus. It only makes >>> >sense that a website for a web programming language should be programmed >>> >in the language itself. >>> >>> I'm not sure about this one. Ur/Web is for web _apps_, not web _sites_, so >>> it may be a mismatch for a largely static site. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Ur mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://www.impredicative.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ur >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Ur mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.impredicative.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ur > > _______________________________________________ > Ur mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.impredicative.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ur _______________________________________________ Ur mailing list [email protected] http://www.impredicative.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ur
