LWN web design [LWN.net]

LWN web design

Posted Nov 10, 2009 10:51 UTC (Tue) by anselm (subscriber, #2796)
In reply to: LWN web design by kragil
Parent article: KS2009: How Google uses Linux

This is getting silly. If you can't point to anything specific and constructive that you would actually change to improve LWN.net other than »use rounded corners, they're cool« this must mean that the site isn't so bad to begin with, so I'll politely and respectfully suggest you shut up.

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LWN web design

Posted Nov 10, 2009 12:06 UTC (Tue) by kragil (guest, #34373) [Link]

Again you don't listen. My suggestion: (I spell it out especially for you because you seem to be unable to grasp simple stuff.(Disrespect goes ways))

Get a good web designer that knows modern web design (page layout, usability, style, colours, logo etc.) and have him/her improve the crappy first impression this site makes. That may or may not include rounded corners. I don't know as I am not a web designer as I already mentioned and explained that that was just one tiny technical example, which still does not fit into your brain. All I know is that this sites design (unprofessional logo with green font, annoying flashy ads, black,red or blue text, grey and orange boxes, no advanced CSS etc.) undeniably makes a bad impression, which does not help anybody.
This doesn't have cost a lot. There are a lot of talented young web monkeys out there that don't charge a lot per hour. First thing though is to acknowledge that not everything is peachy.

LWN web design

Posted Nov 10, 2009 12:31 UTC (Tue) by hppnq (subscriber, #14462) [Link]

Another cup of Open Source, anyone?

LWN web design

Posted Nov 10, 2009 12:33 UTC (Tue) by quotemstr (subscriber, #45331) [Link]

My original point, if I may flesh it out a bit, is that the kind of person bothered by LWN's layout probably won't get much out of LWN's content in the first place. LWN's attraction to me is the deep, literate, and mature coverage, and to a lesser extent, the informative and useful comment section. I couldn't care less how the site looks, and would be just as happy (no, happier) if I could read it over NNTP. Changing lwn.net to pander to the Digg crowd would compromise what makes LWN worthwhile in the first place. Franky, the kind of person who judges a site based on how Web 2.0 it is would find the articles here boring, and would post vapid comments saying so. It'd be an Eternal September.

LWN web design

Posted Nov 10, 2009 12:40 UTC (Tue) by nye (guest, #51576) [Link]

This idea may be absolutely unthinkable to you, but it is actually possible to appreciate good design without being a sub-literate fool, despite what your prejudices may lead you to feel.