So yesterday the jQuery site got a much needed(in my opinion) redesign. And in true jQuery fashion they went all out, and they ruffled some feathers, stired the pot, shook up the bee’s nest, etc. What follows is a scathing post filled with negativity and whining. Why? Cause I like jQuery(a lot) and I don’t think it should succumb to looking like one of the crappy abortions of the internet.

Personally I love the site, mostly. The sub pages are all beautifully rounded and organized well, although it seems like someone forgot some margins here and there. For the most part it looks like they just transferred all the content over without restyling it. Which is fine, a lot of it is technical and doesn’t need to look “cool” it just needs to be readable. I like the colors and menu, not much to say there, they just work.

Ok, on to the bad parts. The homepage. To me it looks like a jumble of disconnected elements. Together they don’t work, like a pasted together web-page from stock vectors. I don’t want to be a tie wearing rock star with cheesy fonts. The shiny ‘Download’ button comes out of left field. What are the diagonal lines above the resources area supposed to be? I mean other than utter crap. Why the god awful gradient background that looks like someone compressed it to retardation? And the rounded menus look great, why abandon rounded elements on the homepage and only the homepage? The hovers are cool and flashy but totally unnecessary and look like the old mootools homepage(which no longer uses flashy animations).

Update: So other than the homepage, it looks good. And as I was writing this John Resig announced they are going to fix the site, as I am not the only one with complaints. Here’s to hoping for a much improved look.