March 29th, 2015 10:10 pm by Vincent Flanders
Submitter’s comments: So, the Alabama Legislature overhauled their old website to the “new and improved mobile-friendly” site you’ll see once you go to their site.
Vincent Flanders’ comments: Mobile friendly? That’s like saying the Ferguson, Missouri, police are friendly to African-Americans. Here’s what Google says this page looks like on a mobile device.
The local newspaper gave it a crappy review too. It’s well-written and touches on many design points. Read it.
The Alabama State Legislature
Posted in Daily Sucker, Usability, Web Design, Worst Web Sites |
March 24th, 2015 9:09 pm by Vincent Flanders
Submitter’s comments: This is so full of fail – animated GIFs combined with a partisan . . . oh, never mind. I am sure it will vanish down the memory hole. Who ever thought this would come across as a mature, responsible, adult expression rather than a failed “We’re cool, too, and know how to use the web, just like you, including copyright violations”? My guess, some staff member will get blamed or the members will double down.
If it qualifies for suckiness (at least this page, not really the site), better move quickly or copy it.
Vincent Flanders’ comments: “If it qualifies for suckiness”? This is the essence of fail. This 6Mb page is a waste of bandwidth. As far as copyright violations go, Congress is immune.
I hate politics the way Hitler hated Jews. Republicans run this committee, but I’m sure Democrats would be just as stupid and put something similar up. What this page says to me is, “We’re fat, ugly, boring (mostly) white males who are desperately trying to appear hip. I should know. I’m also a fat, ugly, (rarely) boring white male who doesn’t care about whether I’m hip or not.
Web design is not the place to try to appear hip or cool or anything but helpful to your visitors.
U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee
Posted in Daily Sucker, Usability, Web Design, Worst Web Sites |
March 14th, 2015 11:11 pm by Vincent Flanders
Submitter’s comments: Boy, this one is a… something else. Everything flashing and changing, not to mention there is no wrapper. It hurts the brain..
Vincent Flanders’ comments: Part of me is sad because I absolutely love blinky and shiny things. Probably my ADD or my marketing background. Part of me is sad I can’t read anything so I can’t order anything (I said I love blinky things).
Believe it or not, I wouldn’t have a problem with the way it looks – it is about blinking objects – if there were navigation, the page was readable and the damn menu wasn’t centered.
Blinkee.com (I think there might be some NSFW links, but I can’t really read the text)
Posted in Daily Sucker, Usability, Web Design, Worst Web Sites |
March 3rd, 2015 8:08 am by Vincent Flanders
Submitter’s comments: Here you go.
Vincent Flanders’ comments: The good news is you can read the text. (Part of) the bad news is you have to do a whole lot of horizontal scrolling to read the text. Google’s PageSpeed Insights – the newest, most important ant factor in how well your page ranks — doesn’t think a whole lot about High School Sports’ loading time. PSI gave the home page a mobile score of 67 and desktop score of 55. WebPageTest.org seems to think even less — check it out for yourself.
High School Sports MS
Posted in Daily Sucker, Usability, Web Design, Worst Web Sites |
Worst Websites
