New design blog post

Author: martinemde

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+title: New Design for RubyGems.org
+layout: post
+author: Martin Emde
+author_email: me@martinemde.com
+---
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+We are excited to announce the initial release of the new design for RubyGems.org!
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+The new design is the result of a collaboration with UX designer [Ian Taylor](https://www.taylordesign.co) and the RubyGems.org core team.
+Eventually, the full refresh of the site aims to meet our goals of modernizing the design and improving the usability of RubyGems.org for all of our users.
+
+The design will be released incrementally and we've chosen the `/pages` routes to be refreshed first.
+These pages contain non-critical mostly static content, allowing us to release the design without risking problems for our users.
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+**As part of the roll out strategy, we are prioritizing stability over a "big reveal".**
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+The new design aims to support the full range of devices/browser widths and (much to my relief) includes a dark mode theme!
+Please let us know if you run into any usability problems by [adding an issue to the project on GitHub](https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems.org/issues) or, better yet, opening a PR to fix the problem.
+We want to ensure the site remains functional for everyone!
+
+## Help us review the design on your devices
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+Shortly after this blog post is published, you can visit [About](https://rubygems.org/pages/about) and [Data](https://rubygems.org/pages/data) to see examples of the new design.
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+Light mode:
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+<img src="/images/hammy-light.png" width="100%" />
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+Dark mode:
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+<img src="/images/hammy-dark.png" width="100%" />