Comments on Python Redesign

[Tim Parkin]

Bengt Wrote
>It looks slick, but not really technically slick in a way
>that would lead me to expectations about Python, just
>eye-candy/we-spend-more-on-advertising-than-research
>kind of slick (though for largely irrelevant photos, I
>prefer pretty things and/or great photography ;-)

What has amazed me throughout the pulling of a discussion
Onto the Python list is the amount of furor that has been
generated by the use of three photographs. The marketing 
content of the website takes only 7% of the space of the
main page. The remaining is textual navigation content.

If we're in a position where people hate photography then
I think we have to accept that this is an irrational 
problem and that it shouldn't affect the promotion of
Python in the computer industry.

For those still commenting on the contrast issue, please
understand that there are accessibility guidelines that
suggest a use of 70% contrast in order to maximise readability
for all users.

These are my last comments on the comp.lang.python mailing list.
If anyone wants to continue the disucssion and really help to
create/promote Python, please move to either

http://pythonology.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-python

or

http://pythonology.org/mailman/listinfo/py-design-forum

The second list if it's website or design related.

Tim