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― Madchen (Madchen), Thursday, 7 December 2006 13:39 (seventeen years ago) link

http://www.rans.org.uk/

― Madchen (Madchen), Thursday, 7 December 2006 13:39 (seventeen years ago) link

*shudder*

― Forest Pines (ForestPines), Thursday, 7 December 2006 13:43 (seventeen years ago) link

Er, for an organisation dealing with ritual abuse, their website is a tad on the cheery side

― tissp! (tissp!), Thursday, 7 December 2006 13:44 (seventeen years ago) link

myspace.com

― sede vacante (blueski), Thursday, 7 December 2006 14:18 (seventeen years ago) link

OTM

― tissp! (tissp!), Thursday, 7 December 2006 14:34 (seventeen years ago) link

I'll let you know when I get back from this client meeting and see their mock-up.

― Ms Misery (MsMisery), Thursday, 7 December 2006 14:36 (seventeen years ago) link

My colleague found the ritual abuse site because it was linked from a web designer's own site as a fine example of his work!

― Madchen (Madchen), Thursday, 7 December 2006 15:10 (seventeen years ago) link

courtney was right when she said web designers were the new rock stars, in the 'anyone can play guitar' sense...

― sede vacante (blueski), Thursday, 7 December 2006 15:59 (seventeen years ago) link

god I could tell tales of woe. Every admin assistant with Dreamweaver throws hissy fits to do her department's site. One of my clients even sent my big big boss her assistant's resume to show she was qualified to do their site. I'm thinking, "bitch, you want my job? apply for it. otherwise get back to answering phones and let the me do what I was hired to do."

― Ms Misery (MsMisery), Thursday, 7 December 2006 17:32 (seventeen years ago) link

Go here:

http://www.webpagesthatsuck.com/

Roffle at some of the examples.

― Jesus Dan (dan perry), Thursday, 7 December 2006 18:02 (seventeen years ago) link

http://www.paleopathology.org

― Abbott (Abbott), Thursday, 7 December 2006 18:16 (seventeen years ago) link

Okay, that ritual abuse site is completely baffling. Maybe his 13 year old daughter helped him sketch it out.

― Abbott (Abbott), Thursday, 7 December 2006 18:18 (seventeen years ago) link

http://imadj.com/

― patita (patita), Thursday, 7 December 2006 19:56 (seventeen years ago) link

My favorite:

http://www.globalaigs.org/

The pictures from the Imperial Viennese Glaucoma Ball are wonderful as well.

― clotpoll (clotpoll), Thursday, 7 December 2006 20:29 (seventeen years ago) link

WTF:

Glaucoma Hymn
Glaucoma, Glaucoma, Glaucoma
Constricting vision slowly
Halted by progress of science
Vision of a world united
Beyond all science knowing

― Mr. Que (Party with me Punker), Thursday, 7 December 2006 20:32 (seventeen years ago) link

http://www.myspace.com

― max (maxreax), Thursday, 7 December 2006 21:06 (seventeen years ago) link

that "web pages that suck" has a banner image that is all pixelated and sucky looking. they should try harder, all the stuff this guy is associated with looks like ass

― dar1a g (dar1a g), Thursday, 7 December 2006 21:17 (seventeen years ago) link

I found a dead link on Web Pages That Suck.

― Allyzay is cool: with Blue n White, with Eli Manning, with NY Giants (Allyzay Ei, Thursday, 7 December 2006 21:18 (seventeen years ago) link

Like, within maybe 4 minutes, I mean. Maybe I "lucked out" and got just the right article but it seems pretty hilarious if you ask me.

― Allyzay is cool: with Blue n White, with Eli Manning, with NY Giants (Allyzay Ei, Thursday, 7 December 2006 21:18 (seventeen years ago) link

yeah it is one of the web pages that suck

― jhoshea (jhoshea), Thursday, 7 December 2006 21:20 (seventeen years ago) link

He claims his site is deliberately kind of sucky:

http://www.webpagesthatsuck.com/whyitsucks.html

(xpost)

― Blaze the Violet Flame (nu_onimo), Thursday, 7 December 2006 21:22 (seventeen years ago) link

I like the Pope John Paul II site (you have to wave your mouse over the years):

http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/special_features/hf_jp_ii_xxv_en.htm

― Hurting (A-Ron Hubbard), Thursday, 7 December 2006 21:23 (seventeen years ago) link

xpost - that lazy sob

― dar1a g (dar1a g), Thursday, 7 December 2006 21:24 (seventeen years ago) link

A) that's pretty much a terrible excuse for being lazy WHICH WE ALREADY KNOW BECAUSE HE SAYS IT ON EVERY SINGLE PAGE OF THE SITE
B) doesn't actually excuse dead links throughout your article (to pages on your own site)

― Allyzay is cool: with Blue n White, with Eli Manning, with NY Giants (Allyzay Ei, Thursday, 7 December 2006 21:24 (seventeen years ago) link

The webpagesthatsuck site not only looks bad but it's really non-user-friendly!

― Hurting (A-Ron Hubbard), Thursday, 7 December 2006 21:25 (seventeen years ago) link

exactly. plus.. good lord, some of the sites he bitches about are not that bad, like brown's grad school site - yeah, the navigation system is annoying and poses major usability problems, but you know what, it looks all right, and was probably done by some graduate assistant for under $5k because that's all they have the budget and time for, or it was done by someone who works in web dev at a university as a resume builder because he/she is new in the field and the pay is terrible. i did a bit of web design at brown, i know

― dar1a g (dar1a g), Thursday, 7 December 2006 21:27 (seventeen years ago) link

the guy seems to be some sort of a douche

― jhoshea (jhoshea), Thursday, 7 December 2006 21:30 (seventeen years ago) link

yeah, the navigation system is annoying and poses major usability problems, but you know what, it looks all right,

the former is essential the second, not so much. I develop sites for a major university and usability and accesibility are U&K for us. I also make nice ends.

― Ms Misery (MsMisery), Thursday, 7 December 2006 21:30 (seventeen years ago) link

you wouldn't really want a website about websites that suck to not itself suck tho, would you?

― sede vacante (blueski), Thursday, 7 December 2006 21:36 (seventeen years ago) link

i nominate ebay just because it is such a chore to list things that have an ISBN, UPC, or ASIN.

― sede vacante (blueski), Thursday, 7 December 2006 21:37 (seventeen years ago) link

Honestly I find the *on purpose* defense to be kind of a dodge. Why not show us what good design looks like instead? Or at least make the damn thing navigable - kind of defeats the purpose if I can't even FIND the examples of bad design.

― Hurting (A-Ron Hubbard), Thursday, 7 December 2006 21:38 (seventeen years ago) link

yeah i just wanted to find a list of bad websites then i gave up

― jhoshea (jhoshea), Thursday, 7 December 2006 21:41 (seventeen years ago) link

xpost http://stylegala.com/

― whoop de doodle (kenan), Thursday, 7 December 2006 21:44 (seventeen years ago) link

Why not show us what good design looks like instead?

From the page I linked above:
If you want to see something I've done (with some help from others) that doesn't suck too much, my personal site might be what you want.

― Blaze the Violet Flame (nu_onimo), Thursday, 7 December 2006 21:56 (seventeen years ago) link

Uh, it's not very good.

― Hurting (A-Ron Hubbard), Thursday, 7 December 2006 22:02 (seventeen years ago) link

It's ugly, the flowers draw your eye away from the text, the typography is HORRID, and it's not very easy to navigate - for example you have to scroll down for certain things and then you lose the buttons.

― Hurting (A-Ron Hubbard), Thursday, 7 December 2006 22:04 (seventeen years ago) link

It's clean, it validates. that's good.

― Ms Misery (MsMisery), Thursday, 7 December 2006 22:04 (seventeen years ago) link

that is good. i hear you on accessibility being U&K. but his personal site still doesn't look so hot, he didn't really think about it

― dar1a g (dar1a g), Thursday, 7 December 2006 22:14 (seventeen years ago) link

liquid layout is so over.

― whoop de doodle (kenan), Thursday, 7 December 2006 22:16 (seventeen years ago) link

That Pope site is dope.

― sexyDancer (sexyDancer), Thursday, 7 December 2006 22:21 (seventeen years ago) link

no hope in Pope.

― obi strip (sanskrit), Friday, 8 December 2006 04:54 (seventeen years ago) link

What's the point of picking on websites that are clearly not made by professional web designers?

― walterkranz (walterkranz), Friday, 8 December 2006 05:38 (seventeen years ago) link

Exactly. Better to have professional web designers show you sites they admire.

― whoop de doodle (kenan), Friday, 8 December 2006 05:40 (seventeen years ago) link

It's clean, it validates. that's good.

Yeah, but who cares?

― whoop de doodle (kenan), Friday, 8 December 2006 05:41 (seventeen years ago) link

I LOVE that glaucoma site. It makes no sense! If can't see it, scroll down to the bottom of the nave frame for a CREEPY HIDDEN SURPRISE.

― Lance Rock (pullapartgirl), Friday, 8 December 2006 06:20 (seventeen years ago) link

http://www.beaniephenomenon.com/

― less-than three's Christiane F. (drowned in milk), Friday, 8 December 2006 08:02 (seventeen years ago) link

He does give a pretty website some props:

http://www.csszengarden.com/

― Johnney B has zeros off the line (stigoftdumpilx), Friday, 8 December 2006 09:50 (seventeen years ago) link

one month passes...

http://www.bdodarts.com/

― onimo (nu_onimo), Thursday, 11 January 2007 20:27 (seventeen years ago) link

Oops, thought this was an ilx thread. Must pay closer attention to Mr Google.

Still, http://www.bdodarts.com/ = fucking awful site

― onimo (nu_onimo), Thursday, 11 January 2007 20:28 (seventeen years ago) link

It's got darting letters!

― Madchen (Madchen), Thursday, 18 January 2007 14:25 (seventeen years ago) link

www.ilxor.com

― step hen faps (Curt1s Stephens), Friday, 19 January 2007 21:02 (seventeen years ago) link

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