[ocaml-infra] Fwd: Redesigning OCaml.org

[Anil Madhavapeddy]

On 9 Aug 2013, at 11:00, Daniel Bünzli <daniel.buenzli at erratique.ch> wrote:
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> Le vendredi, 9 août 2013 à 08:02, Amir Chaudhry a écrit :
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>>> Ok, I was being lazy with my words but it doesn't matter to me. As a new user, I'm telling you that I found the information useful (incidentally, the very next thing I did was to click through to the ocamlfind page, so I got to the same page you cite because it was properly linked).
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> Whether you find it useful or not is not the point, good information design does not mislead.  
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>>> I'm primarily concerned with web design, not industrial design.
> Well I could have given you print design examples -- fonts being an obvious one, the "rediscovery" of the grid by web designers another one.  


Amir's approach is one of pipelining instead of serialising the design process.  Exposing the design early lets us find initial "oh no!" portions that must be corrected immediately. For instance, it's apparent that the logo font has no real fans, and we should get some more designs commissioned to explore alternative sooner rather than later.

While there have been comments on the rest of the design, there have been no real strong objections about the overall layout, so proceeding to the next phase when the content gets filled in makes sense.

Filling in the lorem ipsum is something that obviously needs to happen, and some real work has (is) happening to fill in the blanks there, at which point it'll be easier to refine the design more.  Let's treat this as an iterative process and not get bogged down in side debates about design philosophy while that happens...

-anil