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Re: RFC: Website redesign

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Apr 15, 2008, 18:04 UTC
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Petr Baudis <pasky@suse.cz> writes:
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> I appreciate the effort, but frankly, I simply personally like the
> current layout much more - the design certainly has quirks, but I don't
> really find it bad; I also think that the current amount of content does
> not justify splitting to multiple pages. The newly proposed version
> looks to me just as barebone graphically as the old one, with the same
> level of navigability but wasting screen estate and requiring more
> clicks to get where you need.
>
> That said, this can (and quite probably does) merely mean that I simply
> have no taste at all and should be kept away from any kind of web
> design! :-) So, I do not want to inhibit progress at all, but before
> considering to adopt the new design, I would prefer to see wider
> feedback from the core members of the community to convince me that I'm
> wrong.

I always wish that any proposal for change is countered by silent satisfied customers expressing why the current one is good, and this is a perfect opportunity for me to do so as I am just a satisfied customer of git.or.cz, who is not involved in the building side at all.

If I recall correctly, the old old site was split like how the sarpulhu sample page shows, a sketchy top page with links to other pages. It is tempting to build a sparse scaffolding in the expectation that each page will be filled with rich contents later, and the fear of having too many things in one page drives people to make the initial scaffolding too sparse. But as you say, the current "single page that is not too long describes all the necessary things and points people at outside resources" format is much nicer.

I happen to also like one aspect of visual behaviour of git.or.cz better than the sarpulhu sample page. The former widens as I resize my browser window, the latter doesn't.

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  1. DillApr 14, 2008
  2. Jonas FonsecaApr 14, 2008
  3. DillApr 14, 2008
  4. Wincent ColaiutaApr 14, 2008
  5. Sverre RabbelierApr 14, 2008
  6. Anand KumriaApr 14, 2008
  7. Dmitry PotapovApr 14, 2008
  8. Anand KumriaApr 15, 2008
  9. DillApr 15, 2008
  10. DillApr 15, 2008
  11. Jakub NarebskiApr 15, 2008
  12. Petr BaudisApr 15, 2008
  13. Git Homepge UpdatePetr Baudis, Apr 15, 2008
  14. Steve HoelzerApr 15, 2008
  15. Jakub NarebskiApr 16, 2008
  16. Dmitry PotapovApr 15, 2008
  17. Jakub NarebskiApr 15, 2008
  18. Petr BaudisApr 15, 2008
  19. Petr BaudisApr 15, 2008
  20. Junio C HamanoApr 15, 2008

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