On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 12:31 PM, Jason Dagit<da...@codersbase.com> wrote: > > > On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 10:00 AM, Thomas ten Cate <ttenc...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> By the way, the most valuable pixels, right at the top of the page, >> are wasted on wiki stuff. Compare >> http://www.haskell.org/ >> with, for example, >> http://www.ruby-lang.org/ >> http://python.org/ > > The thing I like the most from the ruby page is the top box of content where > it starts describing ruby with a "Read more..." link adjacent to a code > snippet. Because I doubt anyone will agree on *the one* best code snippet > to show people, I think there should/could be a pool of fun snippets and > loading the page picks one at random. I have no idea if the wiki engine > supports this. I also like the strip of links at the top with things like, > "Download", "Community", and so on. Something I think the Haskell page does > much better than the other two, is the listing of events and hackage > updates. Both of those sections feel "inviting" to me. It makes me curious > and I want to explore. > > The python page looks at least as cluttered as the haskell page. Neither > the haskell page or the python page have the same look and feel of the ruby > page. I think the shaded/gradient backgrounds actually add a lot to the > visual experience. I also like that the boxes have a different bg color for > the box title and the box contents. I also like the use of icons on the > ruby page. The "Download Ruby" link/box with the download icon is very > inviting. I just want to download it, even if I'm not going to use ruby! > > Perhaps we could have a contest similar to the logo contest but for homepage > asthetics redesign. I think the content on the haskell page is great, but > the visual style of the presentation could be improved considerably. > >> >> If, like the consensus seems to be, the page should be made more >> friendly to beginners (who are unlikely to want to contribute to the >> wiki right away), then this should be moved elsewhere, or at the very >> least made smaller and less obtrusive. > > Optimizing for newcomers seems wise. > Jason
This is what I see when visiting the Ruby page: "DoS vulnerability in BigDecimal" _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
