[dancablam]

The astounding number of devs asking "who cares?" sums up one of my biggest pet peeves. Would you buy a car that had a modern engine but a chassis and interior from 1983? Maybe if you wanted to save a few bucks - but your friends would still tease you for owning an old clunker.

True, Python is a beautiful language that's stayed modern in the face of the evolving web, and I've come across many Python sites that do look really slick. But if the face of the Python community tends to lean towards the look and feel of 1997 Geocities pages, where are new developers going to flock? If you care about your community you should foster it by showcasing the fact that Python more than keeps pace with the modern web instead of subconsciously suggesting to budding programmers that your language is stuck in the 90's.

Also, PHP community, I'm speaking to you as well. Your PHP homepage, pecl, and pear sites (although easy enough to navigate) are in desperate need of a modern design.

[geeksunny]

PHP has had an 'alpha' version of a new site design available for a while now, but its buried in the 'My PHP.net' section of their site.

You can get to it here: http://php.net/?beta=1

[recursive]

> Would you buy a car that had a modern engine but a chassis and interior from 1983?

Yes. I'd prefer it to one of a million cars that all look the same.