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by sli 2239 days ago
This is the real issue. Other commentors saying that not ever website needs to be constantly redesigned is true, but the rest of the web has been redesigned around it. The Java website is losing its legitimacy (however unfairly) because of the continuing march of website design.
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I’d bet there’s some kind of evolutionary reason baked into us that actually does “require” updates to sources of information like websites, as a signal of vitality and upkeep, currency and cultural acceptability. Whether Java the product actually fulfills those qualities is for another thread.