Dex

Big hearted fluffdragon...

...fictional ex-90s platformer mascot, nerd, plural, Ξ˜Ξ”.


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today's webdev thing has turned to thoughts of a redesign for my site

and it's interesting

when i think - how do i modernize this
to move away from a lot of tables

we end up with thoughts of something that looks like A Lot of Other Websites

you know
a sea of roundrects in a flexible container
if we'd wanted to use bootstrap back then we could have done
but just like other things we had to diy
and so
πŸ“£ a request
if you know any cool websites
that feel modern and fast
that aren't bogged down in ads
that don't have tons and tons of javascript
that don't hijack your scroll
and they don't look like this
well, we could use some design inspiration if you want to share them
thank you ❀️

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in reply to @Dex's post:

i think a good source of inspiration is looking at the websites of fellow creatures on here. click on profiles, if you find a webring then follow it, see what others are up to. most of them aren't super professional (i know mine isn't) but every single one has a lot of character.

if i were to pick a couple of standouts it would be @peb (https://pebble.pet/) and @TuxedoDragon (https://tuxedodragon.art/), both have amazing sites

i'm also part of the enclave webring (https://zatzhing.me/webring) if you start browsing the sites, some of them are parts of other webrings as well. just click through them, exploring randomly, until you see something that inspires you :P

Honestly your current design seems fine, save for needing some CSS tweaks on mobile, and the tables being replaced with something responsive for mobile as well!

I run https://museumofzzt.com/ which avoids JS except for things like form inputs and the file viewer that is actually an online app. It too is rougher on mobile. It's a pretty standard layout though.