Light/dark modes match the environment. The largest asset on the home page is 78K. When toggled visible, the top menu doesn't create a fiddly overlay, it just pushes other content down. Great taste, less filling!
All I can fuss about is that the menu remains hamburgered all the way up to about 1300px window width. A modestly sized desktop browser window, say 1000px, should still get the desktop version imo.
On one hand, great redesign. Modern, clean, yet not reliant on special CSS stuff and careful to keep page size tiny.
I do wish they put links into all the six main "headline entries" not just for OpenZFS and Bhyve. Why not make the docs immediately accessible on the frontpage if they assert (rightfully) how mature and well-written they are? Or the page about jails? etc.
I know most of these are accessible in at most three clicks, but I think many people tend to check out a frontpage, find something that catches their attention and then read on and it'd be a free fix to make this process even smoother.
On the other hand (and I recognize this is absolutely just a me "problem") I'll miss the old site. I can't quite put my finger on it why, but I'm very fond of project sites that have looked the same for ages. Think Debian or OpenBSD.
I recall a new design being proposed on the FreeBSD Forum quite a while ago, though unfortunately, back then it was met with a lot of resistance from the community.
Congrats to everyone who was involved in this initiative! (I assume it must've taken a lot courage)
While I loved the old website, a more modern design was long overdue.
kevinc | 23 days ago
Light/dark modes match the environment. The largest asset on the home page is 78K. When toggled visible, the top menu doesn't create a fiddly overlay, it just pushes other content down. Great taste, less filling!
All I can fuss about is that the menu remains hamburgered all the way up to about 1300px window width. A modestly sized desktop browser window, say 1000px, should still get the desktop version imo.
nemin | 22 days ago
On one hand, great redesign. Modern, clean, yet not reliant on special CSS stuff and careful to keep page size tiny.
I do wish they put links into all the six main "headline entries" not just for OpenZFS and Bhyve. Why not make the docs immediately accessible on the frontpage if they assert (rightfully) how mature and well-written they are? Or the page about jails? etc.
I know most of these are accessible in at most three clicks, but I think many people tend to check out a frontpage, find something that catches their attention and then read on and it'd be a free fix to make this process even smoother.
On the other hand (and I recognize this is absolutely just a me "problem") I'll miss the old site. I can't quite put my finger on it why, but I'm very fond of project sites that have looked the same for ages. Think Debian or OpenBSD.
qiu | 22 days ago
I recall a new design being proposed on the FreeBSD Forum quite a while ago, though unfortunately, back then it was met with a lot of resistance from the community.
Congrats to everyone who was involved in this initiative! (I assume it must've taken a lot courage)
While I loved the old website, a more modern design was long overdue.
heavyrain266 | 23 days ago
fedemp | 22 days ago
Unfortunately, I does not work well with a keyboard. The top menu does nothing when focused.