I'm curious to know what the seasoned Monks think. Does CPAN need a facelift?

No it doesn't.

As a counterpoint look at what has happened to CPAN Ratings this year. There was a facelift put in place there to make it look and feel more "modern". The only problem is that the new version doesn't actually work. It's still broken more than 6 months later.

All the eye-candy for the fidget-spinner generation won't help anyone if the functionality is gone. Function first, then form.

As stevieb has outlined there are plenty of ways to tailor the CPAN experience for those who would choose to. The same is also true of this very monastery. But few bother to go to those lengths because these systems just work.

In reply to Re: Efforts to modernize CPAN interface? by hippo
in thread Efforts to modernize CPAN interface? by nysus

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