Consider that signals mean different things to different people. These Python sites are targeted at Python programmers. What do Python programmers want? They w

Consider that signals mean different things to different people. These Python sites are targeted at Python programmers. What do Python programmers want? They want clean, neat and obvious. Above all they cannot abide unnecessary clutter. The Ruby screenshots listed have the following 'visual impact' features. They may make them more attractive, but don't help with usability and potentially get take up space that could be used for information: Elements introduced purely for decoration. Oversized logos Pictures of people Designer fonts By contrast, the Python pages are all information dense and organised with hierarchies of headers. This is a pretty rough analysis, but perhaps it explains the difference in approach?