Problem is we are discussing (at least) three different questions here

a) Design

b) Usability

c) Cleaning up / Modernizing the code base

Regarding...

... a Design

Most visitors here are passive and silent and just read. And IMHO is PM alone responsible for a huge part of Perl's web presence.

So improving the design should be priority, and something like TobyInk's solution proves that it can be without changing the code base (even with a responsive design for mobiles).

... b Usability

Toby's solution is also changing the UI somehow, this by parsing and relocating buttons and menus.

And I agree that this could be facilitated by changing / adding some CSS classes. But this too can be done without revolutionizing the code with just some little patches. °

... c Modernizing

In theory the migration to a new code base with real MVC separation (Catalyst, Mojolicious, ... ) would be beneficial, but I don't see this happening soon (or rather never). ²

Cheers Rolf
(addicted to the Perl Programming Language and ☆☆☆☆ :)
Je suis Charlie!

update

fixed "mobile" typos

footnotes

°) I'm already using several private nodelet hacks to improve my mobile experience

²) Probably you are aware of problems I don't know about ... (for me this looks like a Perl6-like generation project).

In reply to Re^6: Update the GUI (What we want?) by LanX
in thread Update the GUI by Anonymous Monk

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