On 5/24/06, James Edward G. II [email protected] wrote:
On May 23, 2006, at 4:46 PM, Douglas L. wrote:
There was a nice redesign with some momenutum about it a while back,
but it seems to have gotten lost somewhere 
Not at all. Weâve made tons of progress on it just recently. Behold:
http://new.ruby-lang.org/
Yes, it looks very âprofessionalâ. But the blue stripes on each side
of the page take way too much space. Perhaps my browser window is
larger than that of the person who designed the web?
I say âprofessionalâ because it is that sort of good looking slick
design that uses pixel alignement. It is probably the type of design
that appeals to managers and computer illiterate people. If it happens
that they can see it on their screens because they got a ânormalâ
screen.
Not that pixels are the root of all evil in web design, just almost
all. Such web is not scalable, it is the same size (in pixels)
irregardless of the userâs screen (window) size and dpi.
This is the standard these days, many web sites do it. And some do
not. The fact that many did the same error is not an excuse for doing
it again.
I appreciate the work you put into the new design. But it looks like I
will not be the one who appreciates the results of the work. I was
afraid the new design will be like this, and so it is.
Thanks
Michal
On May 26, 2006, at 9:37 AM, Michal S. wrote:
all. Such web is not scalable, it is the same size (in pixels)
irregardless of the userâs screen (window) size and dpi.
This is the standard these days, many web sites do it. And some do
not. The fact that many did the same error is not an excuse for doing
it again.
I appreciate the work you put into the new design. But it looks like I
will not be the one who appreciates the results of the work. I was
afraid the new design will be like this, and so it is.
This site is in a CMS, so it is trivial to replace the entire look of
the site, should we need to down the road. Letâs try to keep the
focus where it belongs, on content and getting it launched.
James Edward G. II
On May 26, 2006, at 10:37 AM, Michal S. wrote:
On 5/24/06, James Edward G. II [email protected] wrote:
On May 23, 2006, at 4:46 PM, Douglas L. wrote:
http://new.ruby-lang.org/
âŚ
Not that pixels are the root of all evil in web design, just almost
all. Such web is not scalable, it is the same size (in pixels)
irregardless of the userâs screen (window) size and dpi.
This is the standard these days, many web sites do it. And some do
not. The fact that many did the same error is not an excuse for doing
it again.
In my recent dealings with visual design people, I understand the
problem with scalable sites is that you donât know what youâre line
length is going to be anymore. Which makes visual paragraph flow
hard to dictate. Hence the fixed widths. If that offers any
consolation.
But the new site looks very nice, I think. Fixed width is a
necessary evil until something better than HTML/CSS2 comes along.
I think it looks great! Any reason we havenât switched yet?
I think setting the fixed size is a good idea. Seen too many felxable
sites where text gets illegibly overlapped because the layout is
dynamic and doesnât have the room it expects/needs.
On May 26, 2006, at 9:52 AM, Chris wrote:
I think it looks great! Any reason we havenât switched yet?
Yes, weâre not finished with the content, but we are hard at work on it.
James Edward G. II
Beautiful site!
Are there going to be any new features to the site?
Will it have any new integrated wikis?
On Fri, 2006-05-26 at 23:42 +0900, James Edward G. II wrote:
screen.
afraid the new design will be like this, and so it is.
This site is in a CMS, so it is trivial to replace the entire look of
the site, should we need to down the road. Letâs try to keep the
focus where it belongs, on content and getting it launched.
James Edward G. II
Charlie B.
http://www.recentrambles.com
Wow! New design is awesome!
On May 26, 2006, at 10:25 AM, Charlie B. wrote:
Are there going to be any new features to the site?
Yes, itâs easier for us to maintain. Hopefully that will translate
to better content for all.
Will it have any new integrated wikis?
No.
James Edward G. II
On Fri, 26 May 2006, Chris wrote:
I think it looks great!
Brilliant! Great work!
Jon Egil S.
Phone: +47 98232340
[email protected]
On 5/26/06, James Edward G. II [email protected] wrote:
screen.
afraid the new design will be like this, and so it is.
This site is in a CMS, so it is trivial to replace the entire look of
the site, should we need to down the road. Letâs try to keep the
focus where it belongs, on content and getting it launched.
yes, I would like a new site as well. And the modifications to the
stylesheet to make better use of screen space should be trivial.
Is there a todo list somewhere where I could look if I felt like
having too much free time?
Thanks
Michal
On 5/26/06, Chris [email protected] wrote:
I think it looks great! Any reason we havenât switched yet?
I think setting the fixed size is a good idea. Seen too many felxable
sites where text gets illegibly overlapped because the layout is
dynamic and doesnât have the room it expects/needs.
The fact that you can get a dynamic-sized web page wrong does not mean
such pages should not be done. To extend it a bit, just because there
are too many bad web sites I would not give up on the idea of creating
a web site.
Thanks
Michal
On May 27, 2006, at 9:25 AM, Michal S. wrote:
Is there a todo list somewhere where I could look if I felt like
having too much free time?
We have a Basecamp project. Weâll probably see about opening up or
planning post launch.
James Edward G. II
On Saturday 27 May 2006 10:20 am, Michal S. wrote:
On 5/26/06, Mat S. [email protected] wrote:
On May 26, 2006, at 10:37 AM, Michal S. wrote:
On 5/24/06, James Edward G. II [email protected] wrote:
On May 23, 2006, at 4:46 PM, Douglas L. wrote:
http://new.ruby-lang.org/
Not sure to whom(?) to mention this, but when I view that site with
images
turned off (my preference) it is very difficult to read (dark text on a
dark
background). Works OK with images turned on.
My guess is that the background is an image?
Can the site be made so that it defaults to a light background if images
are
off?
Randy K.
On May 27, 2006, at 6:23 PM, Randy K. wrote:
turned off (my preference) it is very difficult to read (dark text
on a dark
background). Works OK with images turned on.
My guess is that the background is an image?
Can the site be made so that it defaults to a light background if
images are
off?
I forwarded this to the designer. We will look into this.
Thanks for bringing it up.
James Edward G. II
On 5/26/06, Mat S. [email protected] wrote:
irregardless of the userâs screen (window) size and dpi.
This is the standard these days, many web sites do it. And some do
not. The fact that many did the same error is not an excuse for doing
it again.
In my recent dealings with visual design people, I understand the
problem with scalable sites is that you donât know what youâre line
length is going to be anymore. Which makes visual paragraph flow
hard to dictate. Hence the fixed widths. If that offers any
consolation.
That is a mistake of the visual design people. You do not know the
line length anyway.
First, you do not hand-adjust the paragraph layout for every piece of
content on the site.
Second, even if you do, the person who displays the site may get a
different font with different width, or render the site with a
different sized font so that it is easily readable. If you disallow
font scaling (specify the font sizes in pixels) you should get
generally similar layout unless the used font happens to have very
different relative width. Even then most browsers would allow changing
the font size anyway. If they do not (like IE) the site either
displays in huge letters on low-dpi screens or is unreadable on
high-dpi screens.
Just a while ago we bought new displays for a few people here. They
happened to be high-dpi, and our web site was unreadable on them. And
our visual experts said it is not their priority. That much for visual
experts 
But the new site looks very nice, I think. Fixed width is a
necessary evil until something better than HTML/CSS2 comes along.
Yes, it looks very nice. And if you know nothing about web design and
happen to have a ânormalâ screen you would not suspect a thing.
Thanks
Michal
W e should definitely include a link to tryruby. That app has equipped
me to
convince several of my friends who wouldnât touch ruby with a ten foot
pole
(if it meant downloading it) to actually sit down and give it a spin. I
even
managed to get a friend who isnât into programming to try it out.
I also thought I should take a moment to comment on the Greeter code
sample. I remember commenting on the concept when the redesign was
first
being considered, and I still think a prominent code sample is
essential.
But I am reconsidering whether that specific code sample is worthy of
being
the very first snippet of ruby code many people will see. When I am
examining a new language, the very first thing I do is try to find
sample
code. Oftentimes, that sample code is a âHello Worldâ program. Some
potential rubyists might mistakenly assume that the sample is an
illustration of how a terse âHello Worldâ program should be in ruby.
Maybe
we can use some other samples, including a standard, terse âHello
Worldâ.
Here are two âsample examplesâ:
#hello world
puts âHello worldâ
#add a method to an existing class
class Fixnum
def double
self * 2
end
end
puts 10.double #use the new method
There are other great examples (which may be more appropriate than those
I
listed) at Ioâs sample code page -
http://www.iolanguage.com/about/samplecode/
A great big thanks to all of those who have worked on the new ruby site.
It
really is beautiful~
Best,
Jared Nuzzolillo
_whyâs try ruby website (http://tryruby.hobix.com/) is very nice for two
reasons: it allows anyone to see what the fuss is about without wasting
time
installing Ruby (which is a bit off-putting for all of us lazy people)
and
it allows anyone sitting at a computer without Ruby on it to do quick
Ruby
things.
On the new ruby-lang website, can you please put a link to it ? Perhaps
the
twenty minute tutorial link can be replaced (since _whyâs site has a
built-in tutorial) or this can be added as âWeb-based irb for when the
computer owner is evil and doesnât let you install Rubyâ (or some better
description) or both.
Jared Nuzzolillo wrote:
I also thought I should take a moment to comment on the Greeter code
sample. I remember commenting on the concept when the redesign was
first
being considered, and I still think a prominent code sample is
essential.
But I am reconsidering whether that specific code sample is worthy of
being
the very first snippet of ruby code many people will see. When I am
Minor additional issue:
g = Greeter.new(âWorldâ)
If weâre capitalizing @name, why are we giving it an already-capitalized
âWorldâ instead of a lowercase âworldâ or a mixed case âwOrLdâ?
Pistos
Pistos C. wrote:
Minor additional issue:
g = Greeter.new(âWorldâ)
If weâre capitalizing @name, why are we giving it an already-capitalized
âWorldâ instead of a lowercase âworldâ or a mixed case âwOrLdâ?
Pistos
Itâs done that way so that it works with a variety of solutions. It
might not do anything in this case, but put something else in, and itâs
gonna work for it.
I do agree on changing the example to reflect a change in #{name}
though.
Chris
On May 28, 2006, at 12:15 PM, C Erler wrote:
_whyâs try ruby website (http://tryruby.hobix.com/) is very niceâŚ
On the new ruby-lang website, can you please put a link to it ?
There was already a link here:
http://new.ruby-lang.org/en/documentation/
I have now added it to the sidebar as well.
James Edward G. II