Is there an ongoing effort to update the website - other than maintenance? I really do appreciate its simplicity, but it’s kind of lazy and really has room for improvement.
DeltaChat copies modern messengers UI and appearance for a good reason, dropping the outdated look and adding some polish could go a long way in terms of positive first impressions. Doesn’t have to look like whatsapp.com – but signal.org does a decent job, overall for example. Something similar would look great on DeltaChat, too.
Some has recently opened a few “polish” MRs, but I am not aware of any overhaul plans.
I agree, currently the website looks side-project-esque.
Edit: FYI recently the webxdc.org website got an overhaul. This can serve as an argument for updating delta.chat as well.
That’s the recipe for futile and endless discussions about details of individual opinions. I’m intentionally proposing a vague direction to work towards.
When there is some kind of consensus about the raised concern I’m happy to be part of finding a solution, of course.
I’m not asking for a solution from you or argue with you right now, I’m only interested in your personal opinion with regard to what you would do better.
“…not asking for a solution … only interested in … what you would do better.”
This is why I didn’t want to go into details. This is asking for my solution here, what I would do better, to see if my reservations are valid in your eyes, too. For now, I’d like to postpone those questions, what I would do better is this:
I would minimize difference. Browse Signal or Whatsapp (… or any other messenger), compare it with your experience on delta.chat. Note the difference in how those sites achieve what they do. I’m looking for general consensus to reduce that difference.
As @WofWca pointed out, https://webxdc.org/ is already quite a step further in that regard, for example.
I have created a small patch to improve delta.chat site and make it look more in line with Signal, WhatsApp and Telegram, there is still quite some room for improvement but this is a step forward
Just to say that I trully appreciate current website for its simplicity and because it makes the few essentials links easily available. No scrolling, no links with promising title that just send you a bit bellow the page with no real information, no marketing fluff.
It is just perfectly useful : i’ve immediately found all the information I wanted and still use it as soon as I want to go to this forum.
This website should, in fact, be taught in school at what a website should do and be.
Comparing the current website to the one of a few weeks ago, it is now more difficult to find the forum and more difficult to see detailed screenshots. Are there positive benefits that someone could explain?
The ease of accessing full-resolution screenshots was definitely a positive first impression for me when I visited the website before the change.
I see little to aspire to in signal.org. Delta.chat provides more information without requiring the user to scroll. I also hate that when you do scroll signal.org the navigation bar at the top sticks to the top of the screen instead of showing more of the content you are trying to see.
If the difference between delta.chat, signal.org, and whatsapp.com is to be reduced, I would prefer it to happen the other way: namely signal.org and whatsapp.com should become more like delta.chat! I associate the low-information-density designs of the other two sites with dishonest marketing and instrumentalisation of the user’s attention. I personally feel that Delta Chat’s website should reflect that we have different values!
That’s the recipe for futile and endless discussions about details of individual opinions. I’m intentionally proposing a vague direction to work towards.
