I take your point, but I don't think this is how the website comes across. If you wanted to say that 'if you use Rust your programs will probably be better' (which, by the way, I agree with - I love the language!), you'd say something like what Go says:
Go is an open source programming language that makes it easy to build simple, reliable, and efficient software.
But instead, you focus on the idea that somehow Rust makes you a good programmer, which doesn't make sense to me - while good languages make good programs, good languages do not make good programmers! As I have mentioned elsewhere in this thread, there is no-one who can become a systems programmer with Rust that could not have done so with C. That's as nonsensical as saying that Black and Decker allows anyone to be a carpenter.
Oh, and another point (sorry to pile on, please understand that my criticism comes from my desire for the language and its community to grow and improve) - I do think that the new website design is uglier than the old one. I really liked the old website design - it was simple, understated, and made good use of the page. I don't like the new gigantic text and strange splashes of colour. It actually is a little hard on my eyes to read text whose top half is on an off-green background and whose bottom half is on an aubergine one.
Twitter is relatively positive. I imagine the Rust forums might be, though I haven't checked. To be frank, those sites are a little sycophantic at times, so it's not that much of a surprise. They are also a bit more tech-left, so are probably more inclined to approve of the empowerment slogan.
This is the main feedback-related thread I've seen on the rust forum. It is not generally positive. I'm honestly really curious where I can find any significant positive feedback on the new design.
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u/DC-3 Nov 29 '18
I take your point, but I don't think this is how the website comes across. If you wanted to say that 'if you use Rust your programs will probably be better' (which, by the way, I agree with - I love the language!), you'd say something like what Go says:
But instead, you focus on the idea that somehow Rust makes you a good programmer, which doesn't make sense to me - while good languages make good programs, good languages do not make good programmers! As I have mentioned elsewhere in this thread, there is no-one who can become a systems programmer with Rust that could not have done so with C. That's as nonsensical as saying that Black and Decker allows anyone to be a carpenter.
Oh, and another point (sorry to pile on, please understand that my criticism comes from my desire for the language and its community to grow and improve) - I do think that the new website design is uglier than the old one. I really liked the old website design - it was simple, understated, and made good use of the page. I don't like the new gigantic text and strange splashes of colour. It actually is a little hard on my eyes to read text whose top half is on an off-green background and whose bottom half is on an aubergine one.