From: Michal Suchanek <hramrach@...>
Date: 2006-06-21T20:05:29+09:00
Subject: Re: ruby-lang.org redesign?

On 6/21/06, Michal Suchanek <hramrach@centrum.cz> wrote:
> On 6/20/06, John W. Long <ng@johnwlong.com> wrote:
> > Michal Suchanek wrote:
> > > Well, the site is not exactly friendly to people who might want to
> > > save it and edit the  stylesheets.
> > >
> > > ...
> >
> > Michal. I appreciate your interest in the Ruby-Lang design.
> >
>
> Hmm, in the current style the text on the web pages starts way too
> early below the bottom of the blue stripe. I would think that one or
> two lines of space there would make it look much better. Perhaps also
> removing some space below the title inside the blue stripe.
>
> And I would be a bit put off by the navigation section. I do not like
> marketing speak, and links section where two captions out of three
> contain an exclamation mark is not something I like to read.
> The explanations in link section titles and the Participate link
> section only add clutter and no value (except for the explanation of
> ruby core which is the only non-obvious link). And they do sound much
> like marketing flyer which is annoying to read for me.

I hate to reply to myself ..
But I forgot that the links section also contains a link "Success
stories". Yet another term I learned to dislike. I think something
along the lines "What is ruby used for" would be as clear and much
less repelling.

Thanks

Michal