Emacswiki.org New Site Design (2026-01-05)

By Xah Lee. Date: 2026-01-05.

2013-04-24

Emacswiki New Site Design

Looks like emacswiki had a new site design. e.g. http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/DiredPlus

the new seems to be a downgrade for me.

now it's black on gray. Parts are gray on gray. Less readable than before. 〔see Web Design: Say No to Grey Text on White Background〕

The older logo is much better. It was a real logo, with elements of art. The new, is just plain letters. 〔see Purpose of Logo and Principle of Logo Design〕

emacs community logo, designed by Daniel Lundin ~~http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs-se/DanielLundin~~

worst of all, the new site requires JavaScript. Without, you lose some rather significant CSS for readability. This is quite odd.

PS you can go back to the old.

but then, that means you must have cookies on.