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Daily Sucker for Tuesday, June 17, 2008

June 18th, 2008 2:02 am by Vincent Flanders

Submitter comments: I can’t possibly list everything wrong with this site. Too many things are just wrong:

  • A Flash intro that you can’t see because of the poor contrast
  • On top of the Flash intro, a popup advertising their own site (?!)
  • Then another Flash intro with poor contrast
  • All links from the main site open in new windows
  • Every “part” of the site uses a different style

I hope you enjoy this winner of a web site. It’s actually more like a collection of subdomains somehow linked together.

Vincent Flanders’ comments: The whole introduction section sucks. Something’s going by me too fast too see and understand. You know how much I love it when you have to tell people how the navigation works.

Because of the dark colors — black text on dark red background — I didn’t even see the Post-It navigation on the side. Oh, eventually the navigation ends up at the top of the page — and sideways. Charming.

Once I understood how the site worked, it wasn’t as annoying. On the other hand, I got plenty pissed when I found out I could only book a room, but not get any information about the room or the facility. C’mon. Is anyone gonna book a room based on a thumbnail-sized picture and a few words?

When you get to the last page, there’s a NEXT button. Uh.

The site also needs a new name. I thought it was going to be about a program that got jobs for the unemployed.

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