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Why is the Jython website so ugly?

3 points| mgrouchy | 16 years ago |mikegrouchy.com | reply

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[+] jlgosse|16 years ago|reply
While I see where you are coming from, I think that Jython's page is more "usable" than JRuby's.

More whitespace, better use of colors, easier on the eyes, navigation that is located in a convenient and proper place, and many more things. Sure, it doesn't look as 2.0 as JRuby's page, but it's definitely easier to navigate and easier on the eyes.

NOTE: I'm seeing this from a 1920x1200 perspective, so maybe it looks a bit different from your display.

That being said, if the website is that bad in your opinion, why don't you contribute in that respect?

[+] jlgosse|16 years ago|reply
Oh yeah, Jython's page is also a Wiki. Did you see the wiki for JRuby?

http://kenai.com/projects/jruby/pages/Home

Horrendous.

[+] carbon8|16 years ago|reply
"Jython's page is also a Wiki."

It's not a public wiki, I see no evidence that is runs on a wiki-based CMS, and what would that have to do with anything, anyway?

"Horrendous"

"Horrendous"? Compared to the Jython wiki (http://wiki.python.org/jython/)? That's a bit of a stretch. They are both technical documentation sites using default themes, one using MoinMoin and the other on Sun's Project Kenai platform, and neither is what the OP is referring to.

[+] rawr|16 years ago|reply
Because the "Twitter Updates" sidebar has pictures of the developers.