Why is the Jython website so ugly?

While I see where you are coming from, I think that Jython's page is more "usable" than JRuby's.

More whitespace, better use of colors, easier on the eyes, navigation that is located in a convenient and proper place, and many more things. Sure, it doesn't look as 2.0 as JRuby's page, but it's definitely easier to navigate and easier on the eyes.

NOTE: I'm seeing this from a 1920x1200 perspective, so maybe it looks a bit different from your display.

That being said, if the website is that bad in your opinion, why don't you contribute in that respect?

Oh yeah, Jython's page is also a Wiki. Did you see the wiki for JRuby?

http://kenai.com/projects/jruby/pages/Home

Horrendous.

"Jython's page is also a Wiki."

It's not a public wiki, I see no evidence that is runs on a wiki-based CMS, and what would that have to do with anything, anyway?

"Horrendous"

"Horrendous"? Compared to the Jython wiki (http://wiki.python.org/jython/)? That's a bit of a stretch. They are both technical documentation sites using default themes, one using MoinMoin and the other on Sun's Project Kenai platform, and neither is what the OP is referring to.

Because the "Twitter Updates" sidebar has pictures of the developers.