Worst Websites
Daily Sucker #2 for Thursday, February 26, 2009
February 26th, 2009 3:03 am by Vincent Flanders
Submitter’s comments: Old school and still using frames.
Vincent Flanders’ comments: Old school and still using frames poorly.
Police sites like the Cape Giradeau County Sheriff’s Department are always amusing. In fact, there are enough poorly designed cop sites that they had their own category: Worst Web Sites of 2008: Cops and Chiropractors.
The frames are not sized properly (one of the problems with using frames for navigation) and there’s no leading between the links, making them hard to read. I spent a few minutes “fixing” the leading and the menu on the left shows the original site and the menu on the right has my changes. Guess which one is more readable? Leading is important.
While the site won’t make the Worst of 2009 Cops and Chiropractors, it’s still Daily Sucker material. We’ve got the flashlight mouse when you move your cursor over the navigation links, beveled text, highlighted text, centered text, cheesy graphics, and mixing centered with flush-left text and all the usual suspects.
The one good thing about the site is the address, phone number, and fax number are prominently located at the top of the page.
Cape Giradeau County Sheriff’s Department
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