Worst Websites
Daily Sucker #1 for Friday, October 31, 2008
October 31st, 2008 12:12 am by Vincent Flanders
Submitter comments: (Just the URL)
Vincent Flanders’ comments: I never know what I’m going to find when the subject line of an email is “It sucks” and the only text is a URL. About half the time there really isn’t much wrong with the site. The other half of the time the site sucks the oxygen out of a room.
This site is a little different. The first sign that it’s going to suck is that it uses Metaphor Navigation — in this case, the metaphor is a desk. I don’t need to tell my audience that if there ever was a hackneyed metaphor it’s Desk Metaphor Navigation. I love all the Mystery Meat books in the bookshelf — itself, another cliche. On the other hand, the author is quite prolific.
I thought the navigation at the top would match the Metaphor Navigation, but it doesn’t and that’s why this site is a Daily Sucker. The author obviously is successful and has money to burn. This site could have been much more effective for far less money.
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