Anthony Bullard (Jan 16 2025 at 23:45): Anthony Bullard (Jan 16 2025 at 23:45):I was told I could take this on, so here is where I will be "thinking in public" about it
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Here's my research...
Anthony Bullard (Jan 16 2025 at 23:46):If you care about our identity as we head to a v.0.1.0 release, give me your thoughts!
Luke Boswell (Jan 16 2025 at 23:59):Why isn't Roc on the top of your list? :zany_face:
Anthony Bullard (Jan 17 2025 at 00:04):That's in my favorites at top
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I have a separate space for Roc :stuck_out_tongue:
Anthony Bullard (Jan 17 2025 at 01:12):By the way, there are some truly horrendous websites for languages that a lot of people use
Anton (Jan 17 2025 at 11:11):Anthony Bullard said:
If you care about our identity as we head to a v.0.1.0 release, give me your thoughts!
Some adjectives; practical, simple, friendly and fast
Sam Mohr (Jan 17 2025 at 11:12):safe
Anthony Bullard (Jan 17 2025 at 11:21):Was not going to change much language wise
Anthony Bullard (Jan 17 2025 at 11:21):I really want to first align on Colors, Fonts, Spacing, etc
Anthony Bullard (Jan 17 2025 at 11:22):And then I'll work on how to take most of the existing content from the landing page and make something that hits different/better
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Here's a kind-of rough mockup of what a content page could look like just focusing on Font, Color, and Spacing alignment
Anthony Bullard (Jan 17 2025 at 11:49):We could keep the header width constrained as well, but I think that works less well
Anthony Bullard (Jan 17 2025 at 11:56):Looks like Rust, Go, Dart, Kotlin, and Typescript all have "wide headers", most others have narrow headers/navigation, a couple others are just narrow with no true header.
Anthony Bullard (Jan 17 2025 at 11:58):Dart, Kotlin, and Nim opt for "sticky" headers. All others with headers have them inline and let them scroll away. I almost always prefer sticky (outside of pure news content)
Anton (Jan 17 2025 at 12:22):I also like sticky :)
Richard Feldman (Jan 17 2025 at 12:26):I like sticky when scrolling, but it messes up fragment links because the browser jumps to the fragment and then the sticky header covers up the heading
Richard Feldman (Jan 17 2025 at 12:27):e.g. if I click a link in our search box for List.concat, the heading (with the type of the function) is completely covered by the sticky header and it's not even obvious that it exists:
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I have to know to scroll up to reveal it:
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Anton (Jan 17 2025 at 12:28):Here's a kind-of rough mockup of what a content page could look like just focusing on Font, Color, and Spacing alignment
I would reduce the spacing below "Fast Programs" a bit. For the H3's like "Limiting factors..." the space below seems roughly equal to the space above. I think the space below should be the smallest of the two, so it's clear which section of the text the h3 belongs to.
Anton (Jan 17 2025 at 12:29):I don't love the boldness on the h3, I guess it's the combination of bold and a longer title that looks a bit off
Anton (Jan 17 2025 at 12:31):the heading (with the type of the function) is completely covered by the sticky header and it's not even obvious that it exists
I would guess it's possible to shift that so it appears below the sticky header?
Anthony Bullard (Jan 17 2025 at 12:32):Richard Feldman said:
I like sticky when scrolling, but it messes up fragment links because the browser jumps to the fragment and then the sticky header covers up the heading
I can fix this. It’s not even hard and sorry I missed it
Anthony Bullard (Jan 17 2025 at 12:33):And thanks for the feedback Anton. It was a very rough draft, me just doodling in dev tools basically
Anton (Jan 17 2025 at 12:38):I really want to first align on Colors, Fonts, Spacing, etc
With the adjectives I was also thinking about the design; a design can look "practical, simple, friendly"
Richard Feldman (Jan 17 2025 at 12:38):Anthony Bullard said:
Richard Feldman said:
I like sticky when scrolling, but it messes up fragment links because the browser jumps to the fragment and then the sticky header covers up the heading
I can fix this. It’s not even hard and sorry I missed it
well that would remove that downside nicely! :smiley:
Richard Feldman (Jan 17 2025 at 12:39):thanks!
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