[racket-dev] Racket stuffs

I like r1. Guess I'm not hip. :)

But for the otehrs, I'd drop the trailing slash.

Robby

On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 8:50 PM, Eli Barzilay <eli at barzilay.org> wrote:
> On Aug 17, Shriram Krishnamurthi wrote:
>> > I like "http://" as a better (IMO, of course) visual cue, which is why
>> > I used it...   I can probably make a "www." alternative if you like
>> > that better.   (It could work with neither, since ".org" is good enough
>> > in the relevant crowds, but it makes it short enough to be ugly.)
>>
>> I think it's more hip these days to have URLs without ASCII salad.
>>
>> Just "racket-lang.org" would be too short.  And just a bit weird.
>> The "www." gives it a reassuring normalcy.  The truly hip (like Eli)
>> will try it without the "www."  just to be ornery, find it works,
>> and realize they're up against a worthy adversary (Eli).
>
> :)
>
>
>> > OK -- it is supposed to be centered, but I guess that the left of
>> > the "R" is much more visible as an alignment point over the right
>> > tip of the "t".
>>
>> Yes, I noticed the slight indent on the right.  But it's so close to
>> being the same width that it just looks like carelessness.
>>
>> (Removing the ASCII salad will descrease the width, thereby making
>> clearer that it *is* centered.)
>
> Yes, that was pretty obvious -- and the "www." version is short enough
> to look weird giving me another reason to prefer the "http://" one...
>
> In any case, I forgot that I can edit the files locally, so:
>
>  http://tmp.barzilay.org/r1.png
>  http://tmp.barzilay.org/r2.png
>  http://tmp.barzilay.org/r3.png
>
> Votes?
>
>
>> >> - I also wonder if a little more space between the name and the
>> >> URL might not be a good thing.
>> >
>> > You mean "might be a good thing"?   I tried it, but it looks too
>> > disconnected, so I was shooting for making the url go where an
>> > underline for the "Racket" would go.
>>
>> I believe "I wonder whether ... might not be a good thing" means "I
>> think ... is a good thing".  Queen's English, dude.
>
> Ah yes -- the guys that rely on conventions to add implicit
> information that is otherwise not there.  (Providing loads of
> entertainment for people who are used to the meaning being explicit;
> for example the all-time amusing "sorry" being said by a person you
> bump into...)
>
> In any case, better settle the above vote before trying this one.
>
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