#9 Worst Web Site Navigation - Microsoft Visual Studio 400 Differences

Submitter's comments: I was doing research on upgrading projects from Visual Studio 2003 to 2005, and I came across this monstrosity. This is easily the biggest botch of an attempt to convey information I have seen in a site. Things to note:

1. Annoyingly long and worthless flash intro.
2. The actual content takes up only about 2% of the screen; not even the top-left 2%, mind you, but down near, but not at, the bottom-right corner. (I guess if you find it, you get some sense of accomplishment). About 5% of the screen is dedicated to an awful navigation bar, leaving 93% for -- not much of anything, to be honest.
3. Navigation which is (a) side-scrolling, (b) runs away from the cursor, and (c) is just a list of numbers instead of something useful.
4. No organization of the information at all. 400 features to look through, good luck finding what you want.
5. The page is in English, despite the 'germany' subdomain. (not that it would be useful in any language).

Vincent Flanders' comments: Life would be so much simpler if the information was provided in a form we could understand.

Microsoft Visual Studio 400 Differences