On Fri, Feb 24, 2023 at 5:31 PM Dave Fisher <wave4d...@comcast.net> wrote:
> Hi - > > While I like this design effort so far - > > 1. The design needs to show how the site looks on smaller @media like > iPhones. > The PIP is mainly about the design concepts as displayed in the PIP, before proceeding with the heavy lifting of implementing it. No point in investing huge efforts before the general design is voted upon. Once approved, and work will start, we will start working on it in PRs, which will be a workable site. I believe at those stages we will show how it will look on iPhones and the like. I believe the important bit in this PIP is to make sure people are ok with the look and feel of the suggested theme. > > 2. The horizontal carousel at the bottom looks a little awkward. Will it > automatically shift? > This is something we can leave to the PR stages, so we can try both options and see what works best, while each person reviewing it can "play" with it live on their laptop or staging site. > > 3. The website design was refreshed in 2021-2022. It was a difficult and > lengthy process. It is ok that you do not think it is modern and could be > better. Please do not disparage the efforts of previous volunteers to > justify your efforts. > > Sorry it came out this way Dave, this wasn't the intention. As you've seen in the bi-weekly meetings, I'm rather new here, and my intentions are mainly to make Pulsar better and the community bigger so everybody can enjoy Pulsar as I do. I'm happy you liked the design! Cheers, Asaf > Best, > Dave > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Feb 23, 2023, at 1:27 PM, Asaf Mesika <asaf.mes...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > PIP issue: https://github.com/apache/pulsar/issues/19611 > > > > One of the key elements that attracted me to Pulsar was how awesome it > is - > > built in 2012 yet fits the new strategy of being cloud-native - simply > > incredible. It's not only that - it has so many outstanding features, > > making it a cutting edge, modern powerhouse in the messaging system > > category. > > > > Yet, its site does not reflect that. > > It does the opposite. > > People new to Pulsar, not knowing it as we do in the community, would > think > > it's an old, unmaintained technology, and maybe not even bother reading > the > > landing page. > > > > This is why I embarked on a journey to improve Pulsar web-site, in bite > > sizes. My first step was improving the landing page copy for the elevator > > pitch, opening paragraph, and the feature descriptions (In this PR > > <https://github.com/apache/pulsar-site/pull/349>) > > > > Today, together with my friend, co-worker and designer Emidio, I would > like > > to propose the second step: revamp the landing page structure and most > > importantly - the website look and feel. > > > > The PIP <https://github.com/apache/pulsar/issues/19611> contains: > > * The screenshots for it > > * A "live" Figma view for it > > * Detailed explanation of what was changed and why. > > > > I think you'll love it. > > > > Happy to hear your thoughts. > > > > > > Asaf Mesika > >
