Looks great, now make the Python example actually interactive using a Javascript backend.
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Python.org Redesign Preview
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#32It looks a lot better than the current site! A few criticisms:
1) The line numbers and spacings on the list example are confusing: The examples come from an interactive session, but the presence of line numbers suggest that it's a script. Also the spacing is inconsistent with what you'd get if you typed that into the standard python shell.
2) I think the drop down menus from the top of the page are much bigger and obtrusive than they need to be. When I opened the page, my mouse went over the "Success Stories" tab, and I saw a big white "Google" logo in the middle of the page. The eye is naturally drawn to it, and I spent a second or two like, "What is that doing there?" until I figured it out.
3) Maybe I would have a slideshow or "arrow-buttons" with more python examples than just the list. Basic usage of a list doesn't sell python as hard as, say, list comprehensions, arbitrarily large integers, and/or manipulating sets.
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#33Looks great. That example on the front page might want to pick a different variable name, though. It sort of looks like you're using the number 1 as the variable.
Yeah, that example is a placeholder; we plan on replacing it with something awesome. Thanks!
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#34using 'l' as a variable name seems like bad practice… it looks like a 1!
Yeah, that example is a placeholder; we plan on replacing it with something awesome. Thanks!
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#35Serif font makes the l look like a 1 in the code.
Yeah, that example is a placeholder; we plan on replacing it with something awesome. Thanks!
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#36Looks great; a great improvement over the current one.
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#37One of my biggest bugbears of learning from the official docs was trudging through python.org. Hopefully this addresses that. Loving the redesign - clean, functional and pretty as well.
You had problems learning because you didn't like how Python's web site was styled?
That wouldn't surprise me at all. The visual design of a website can engage a user or drive a user away. The current python.org just presents the user with an unfriendly wall of text which make it difficult to get one's bearings.
This is especially important for accommodating users with conditions like ADHD.
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#38Under the font menu (next to 'Go' button) there is a small separator between 'Larger' and 'Reset' options. It does not have any label but acts like 'Larger' option and increases the font when clicked.
If it is just a separator it should not increase the font. Else it should have proper label.
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#39Looks great, now make the Python example actually interactive using a Javascript backend.
Great idea.
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#40Maybe I've grown too used to the current design, but my first reaction is - yuck, too much like a http://everyfuckingwebsite.com/ clone. I'll try to articulate my dislike as something constructive, and submit feedback directly.