Re:Org Mode's new site
by ravi-delia on Monday October 26, 2020 @10:26PM
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I'd say that it's common to complain about how old a design looks, but that sure doesn't make much sense 9 times out of 10. A lot of the work that goes into making websites look pretty winds up making them harder to use and slower to load. Give me links and simple colors any day.
Not sure why I was downvoted but this was my question, though I should've framed it nicer. I'm curious why there aren't more designers (even understudies) contributing to OSS, even to build their portfolio, in a similar way SWEs do.
> That being said, this '4 decades dated to 1 decade dated' is not an useful way to criticize a design. Great design is atemporal.
I'm no designer but this seems absurd to me. Judging designs temporally seems to be commonplace. The new site feels like a period of design ruled by Bootstrap which new designs are using less than ever.
I also agree it's not in good taste to be critiquing of open source and reduced funding projects but I'm curious about the talent-attraction mechanics. We should be able to talk about that.
With that said, kudos to them for getting it out! Heres to hoping more designers dive into OSS :)