[yt-dev] Website redesign feedback

Fri Sep 20 11:02:29 PDT 2013

For what it's worth, the ytanalysis user on YouTube (which currently
has the world's ugliest page) can curate playlists, which also can
embed.

On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 12:46 PM, Cameron Hummels <chummels at gmail.com> wrote:
> +1 on vimeo embeds.  It would also be good if people submitted the vimeo
> embeds to the yt group on vimeo.
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 9:43 AM, Britton Smith <brittonsmith at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> That sounds cool to me.  I think vimeo or youtube embeds would be enough.
>> Does anyone have any objections to having movies in the gallery?
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 5:38 PM, Nathan Goldbaum <nathan12343 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Youtube or vimeo embeds would be straightforward.  Embedding raw videos
>>> using a video tag would also work but there might be codec/browser
>>> compatibility issues.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Friday, September 20, 2013, Britton Smith wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I just want to respond to Cameron's question about the gallery.  I don't
>>>> think it should have to be in a published paper, but I would like it to
>>>> highlight as much of yt's analysis functionality as possible.  There is
>>>> often the temptation too fill it with a bunch of gorgeous renders, which are
>>>> really impressive, but don't really give anyone the impression that yt is
>>>> used for quantitative analysis.  The only real bar I was hoping for
>>>> submissions is that they be something that was used in some sort of
>>>> professional context.  This could be a paper, but also a talk, press
>>>> release, outreach material, or anything that was actual used for a purpose
>>>> other than just making something that's pretty.  In that sense, the gallery
>>>> is basically a place to show off the niche that yt is serving in the real
>>>> world.  Maybe this could even include embedded movies.  Would that be
>>>> possible?
>>>>
>>>> Everyone, please contribute!
>>>>
>>>> Britton
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 5:03 PM, Matthew Turk <matthewturk at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> I've updated based on, I think, all of the suggestions (except the
>>>> facebook button, which somebody else needs to get the code for and
>>>> send me) and updated both the deployment and the PR.  Nathan fixed the
>>>> images on the carousel, and I can't take credit for that.  :)
>>>>
>>>> Any other feedback?
>>>>
>>>> -Matt
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 9:51 PM, Cameron Hummels <chummels at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> > Oh, and the "yt-project" link in the upper left of the header does not
>>>> > link
>>>> > to anything.  it might be good to have that link to Home.  In fact,
>>>> > you
>>>> > might be able to do away with the Home link if you were to do this.
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 6:49 PM, Cameron Hummels <chummels at gmail.com>
>>>> > wrote:
>>>> >>
>>>> >> I think it would be useful to have a link to both the stable docs as
>>>> >> well
>>>> >> as the dev docs, if that's an option.  Even with the increased
>>>> >> frequency of
>>>> >> releases, there is still some lag time between dev docs getting
>>>> >> pulled into
>>>> >> the stable.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Under the community page, the last link on the Sharing Scripts header
>>>> >> has
>>>> >> a typo: pastebine.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Under the development page, there is a word missing in the second
>>>> >> sentence: "...the development branch, the and even this website."
>>>> >>
>>>> >> I think the gallery is a great idea--now we just have to populate it.
>>>> >> Is
>>>> >> the idea to show off published work?  Does it have to be published?
>>>> >> Also, I
>>>> >> think we should have people submit both a thumbprint (400x400 as is
>>>> >> done) as
>>>> >> well as a full-res image which is linked through the thumbprint.  Or
>>>> >> perhaps
>>>> >> it's enough that the paper is linked?
>>>> >>
>>>> >> So we'll also have another gallery in the docs with images shown as
>>>> >> well
>>>> >> as the cookbook recipes which created them (a la matplotlib)?  I
>>>> >> think that
>>>> >> would be useful.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Overall, I think the page looks good.
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 6:35 PM, Geoffrey So <gsiisg at gmail.com>
>>>> >> wrote:
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> "Ah, I agree about the doc link; not sure about the other two. What
>>>> >>> about
>>>> >>> switching blog to being under Quick Links and replacing it with a
>>>> >>> link to
>>>> >>> the latest stable docs? I don't think a search box will quite work
>>>> >>> on the
>>>> >>> toolbar."
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> - Doc would be my first choice, too.  Search is within the doc so it
>>>> >>> would be just one step away, and usually I wouldn't know what to
>>>> >>> search for
>>>> >>> until after I looked at the Docs, so not having search at the
>>>> >>> beginning is
>>>> >>> fine.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> "Where should the colors be changed? I do want to brighten the text
>>>> >>> a
>>>> >>> bit, but can you suggest other places?"
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> - I just thought the color template of the Docs looks pretty nice,
>>>> >>> kind
>>>> >>> of similar to python/numpy etc, but I also understand the need for
>>>> >>> the black
>>>> >>> background since we're doing astro, but some addition of bright
>>>> >>> colors would
>>>> >>> help "lighten" the mood (pun intended), so maybe use a brighter
>>>> >>> shade of
>>>> >>> grey for the text, and/or color coded section label.  But I also
>>>> >>> noticed my
>>>> >>> laptop brightness wasn't turned all the way up, so at max brightness
>>>> >>> it is
>>>> >>> not as gloomy as I thought before.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> From
>>>> >>> G.S.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 9:25 AM, Matthew Turk
>>>> >>> <matthewturk at gmail.com>
>>>> >>> wrote:
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>> Hi Geoffrey,
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>> On Sep 19, 2013 9:06 PM, "Geoffrey So" <gsiisg at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> >>>> >
>>>> >>>> > These are just personal preference:
>>>> >>>> >
>>>> >>>> > I usually use the yt website to
>>>
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