Web Pages That Suck - learn good web design by looking at bad web design

Submitter comments: I’m a neuroscientist, but I also do the web design for my lab, so webpagesthatsuck.com is a holy text for me. I had to visit this site the other day, and after I finished vomiting, I thought you might appreciate it’s suckiness.

Vincent Flanders’ comments: Wow. I’m a holy text, which is an interesting concept during the current Jewish holy days and America’s financial markets’ “Holy Sh*t!” days.

Maybe my constitution is stronger than your constitution, but this site isn’t anywhere near as bad as Accept Jesus, Forever Forgiven! (WARNING! May induce seizures.) Today’s sucker would be better served without the background image that beats you over the head with drawings of hearts and brains. If you don’t think this is a stupid concept, imagine this site with background images of various types of “sucking.” I feel another subdural hematoma coming on.

I hate mission statements on the front page of a site (except for non-profit organizations). Every mission statement can be summarized as follows: “All babies must eat.” The company says their goal is to provide, “the scientific community with state-of-the-art instrumentation.” Duh. Thanks, Captain Obvious. You better be providing me state-of-the-art instrumentation.

The FAQ page is really hard to read. All the yellow links hurt the eyes. You get the idea.

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