[yt-dev] Website redesign feedback

Fri Sep 20 09:46:27 PDT 2013

+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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Cameron Hummels
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Steward Observatory
University of Arizona
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