6/13/2023 0 Comments Darktable for windows partaWe could have tried to adapt the existing site theme to work well in responsive situations, but some of the other reasons (see static below) pointed to a complete teardown and rebuild as being a better option. This re-design allowed us an opportunity to build the site from mobile-first ideas, be adaptable to various screen sizes, and to look nice while doing it. Mobile, tablet, bigger tablet (or desktop) It did scale a bit, but the results were a bit odd in places and didn’t flow well in others. The old site used a theme that wasn’t built for responsiveness.Īs such, it wasn’t adaptable for mobile (or tablet) users. ![]() * Because I want to is a perfectly valid answer, but I find that a well defined reason will help focus efforts better. What is the impetus for wanting to re-design the existing site?įor the darktable folks, there were a few reasons I felt compelled to address. ![]() I think the first question for approaching projects like this should always be: why? * ![]() (I already published a post about this on the darktable blog.)įor comparison, the old website is on the Wayback Machine. Seven months later and we were finally able to publicly push the results: a new website for the awesome folks at darktable! Way back in May of 2017 I made my first commit to start a new project for some friends of mine.
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