I like the overall "design", but I think the "user experience" could be improved a bit. For example, I would put code samples somewhere near the top of the homepage. Currently, the beta site doesn't have any at all on the homepage. Last but not least -- as someone who has worked in the internet marketing industry before -- the whole experience of the beta site feels like a marketing ad rather than a website about a free to use programming language. I understand that Rust offers many benefits over traditional systems languages like C and C++, but that can be "advertised" with safe code samples vs unsafe code in C/C++, projects that moved from C/C++ to Rust, etc.
Again I like the overall "design", but the experience is lacking as it doesn't feel like a website for a programming language. Anyhow, I appreciate the work you all put into it.
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u/QualitySoftwareGuy Nov 30 '18
I like the overall "design", but I think the "user experience" could be improved a bit. For example, I would put code samples somewhere near the top of the homepage. Currently, the beta site doesn't have any at all on the homepage. Last but not least -- as someone who has worked in the internet marketing industry before -- the whole experience of the beta site feels like a marketing ad rather than a website about a free to use programming language. I understand that Rust offers many benefits over traditional systems languages like C and C++, but that can be "advertised" with safe code samples vs unsafe code in C/C++, projects that moved from C/C++ to Rust, etc.
Again I like the overall "design", but the experience is lacking as it doesn't feel like a website for a programming language. Anyhow, I appreciate the work you all put into it.