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[Python-Dev] Playing with a new theme for the docs

Russell E. Owen rowen at uw.edu
Thu Mar 22 19:49:54 CET 2012 
In article <4F6B5B33.9020406 at pearwood.info>,
 Steven D'Aprano <steve at pearwood.info> wrote:

>...
> My first impression of this page:
> 
> http://www.python.org/~gbrandl/build/html/index.html
> 
> was that the grey side-bar gives the page a somber, perhaps even dreary, 
> look. 
> First impressions count, and I'm afraid that first look didn't work for me.
> 
> But clicking through onto other pages with more text improved my feelings. A 
> big +1 on the pale green shading of code blocks.
> 
> The basic design seems good to me. I'd prefer a serif font for blocks of 
> text, 
> while keeping sans serif for the headings, but that's a mild preference.
> 
> Looking forward to seeing the next iteration.

I like the overall design, but one thing seems to be missing is an 
overview of what Python is (hence what the page is about). Naturally we 
don't need that, but a one-line overview with a link to more information 
would be helpful.

-- Russell
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