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Agreed about the Go site. Not ugly at all but, personally, I'd set a max-width on the container and maybe up the line-height a bit. What don't you like about t

Agreed about the Go site. Not ugly at all but, personally, I'd set a max-width on the container and maybe up the line-height a bit. What don't you like about the OP's site? It's certainly "hip and modern" but what makes it horrid?

quacker 14y ago
I'm not the parent, but: text is spaced out awkwardly, tan text on a tan background is hard to see, orange popping out at you everywhere is distracting, orange twitter and Google+ buttons at the bottom are unfamiliar, the inline pictures look as though the right hand side is cut off. Even if you don't think these are valid criticisms, the point is that this is all subjective. These are opinions and the OP saying "this is bad and that is good" as though it's law only shows that he misunderstands the audience of programmers who use these sites. I don't program in C or C++ because I thought they have a good website; they have no official website at all.
- numbnuts 14y ago
  Perfectly valid criticisms. I actually agree with yours, especially with the (over)use of orange. But I still wouldn't call it "horrid". I didn't mean to sound like I was dismissing hermanhermitage's opinion. But by just calling the design horrid and the OP a troll without specifics, he falls into the same "this is bad and that is good" trap. As a wannabe-designer I am legitimately curious what hermanhermitage doesn't like about the OP's site. I've seen much worse. As for the OP misunderstanding the primary users of programming languages' websites, that seems to be part and parcel of some designers, isn't it?
  - hermanhermitage 14y ago
    "Comic Sans II" - The Return of the King! :) [Ok not quite, not close?, but thats what I feel].
    - numbnuts 14y ago
      Ahh, the rounded font. I actually didn't notice until you mentioned it. Typography is one thing I don't think I'll ever get my head around.

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Agreed about the Go site. Not ugly at all but, personally, I'd set a max-width on the container and maybe up the line-height a bit. What don't you like about t

by numbnuts 14y ago

quacker 14y ago
I'm not the parent, but: text is spaced out awkwardly, tan text on a tan background is hard to see, orange popping out at you everywhere is distracting, orange twitter and Google+ buttons at the bottom are unfamiliar, the inline pictures look as though the right hand side is cut off. Even if you don't think these are valid criticisms, the point is that this is all subjective. These are opinions and the OP saying "this is bad and that is good" as though it's law only shows that he misunderstands the audience of programmers who use these sites. I don't program in C or C++ because I thought they have a good website; they have no official website at all.
- numbnuts 14y ago
  Perfectly valid criticisms. I actually agree with yours, especially with the (over)use of orange. But I still wouldn't call it "horrid". I didn't mean to sound like I was dismissing hermanhermitage's opinion. But by just calling the design horrid and the OP a troll without specifics, he falls into the same "this is bad and that is good" trap. As a wannabe-designer I am legitimately curious what hermanhermitage doesn't like about the OP's site. I've seen much worse. As for the OP misunderstanding the primary users of programming languages' websites, that seems to be part and parcel of some designers, isn't it?
  - hermanhermitage 14y ago
    "Comic Sans II" - The Return of the King! :) [Ok not quite, not close?, but thats what I feel].
    - numbnuts 14y ago
      Ahh, the rounded font. I actually didn't notice until you mentioned it. Typography is one thing I don't think I'll ever get my head around.