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Great work! Some thoughts from a purely personal perspective, take them as you will: - I often refer non-programmers to python.org when they ask what that "Py
by rattray 14y ago
Great work!
Some thoughts from a purely personal perspective, take them as you will:
- I often refer non-programmers to python.org when they ask what that "Python" thing I do all day is. If this is a significant portion of your traffic, I might move the "Python is a programming language..." bit higher up the page.
- "Integrate systems more effectively" doesn't mean much to me, but if the landing page is a tool for devs to convince their managers to let them use the language, could make sense.
- I don't love calling the list 'l' given that many beginners wind up here. It can look like a "1" to those not used to monospace, and is confusing. Come to think of it, the whole beginning example would be very obtuse to anyone not familiar with programming at all: one of the things I love about Python is that it's easy to introduce to a total beginner, with something like "it's like learning French or Italian, not a bunch of random symbols".
- I personally love the way you do the main dropdowns.
- The topbar is nice too, but a bit less noticeable to me than maybe it should be. I think some tooltip-provided explanation (or similar) of PyPi, saying "Package Index", might help those new to Python but aware of what a package index is. This might be unnecessary though.
- The location (and naming) of the "Socialize" link doesn't make much sense to me. What does it have to do with Search? Also unsure why there's the font +/- link there; do you often hear that browser settings are insufficient?
I'm exited to see what I think is a terrific update to the beloved Python homepage. Best of luck!
- nonamegiven 14y ago"I might move the "Python is a programming language..." bit higher up the page." If you look at the site with a text browser like lynx then this is even more important. Lots of menus and other things that assume you know what's going on, then finally on the next page break or two an explanation. Make that all but topmost. (And y'all ought to view your sites with a text browser once in awhile, it will give you a rough idea of the experience of people using browsers for visual and other impairments.)
- andyroid 14y agoIf you're using lynx for browsing, you already know what Python is.
- nonamegiven 14y agoAs I said, it gives you an idea of what an impaired user might see.