April 12th, 2011 4:04 am by Vincent Flanders
Submitter’s comments: The page renders slowly and recklessly. there’s horrible use of space. terrible layout. and it’s impossible to navigate—if there is navigation.
Vincent Flanders’ comments: It’s a better looking example of an Over-The-Top website. The definition of an “Over the Top” website is just like the definition of pornography — you know it when you see it. Over the Top sites generally deal with philosophy, religion, politics, end times, etc., but they’re generally not mainstream. The design is always “interesting.”
I have a fairly wide screen 1200 pixels, but not all the information fits in the screen—you have to scroll horizontally.
Unexplained Research
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April 11th, 2011 2:02 am by Vincent Flanders
Submitter’s comments: This is the home page of a company that sells mostly esoteric chemicals to the research community. Personally, I think the Flash animation is an 8/10 on the Suckometer.
Vincent Flanders’ comments: That’s why I love my readers. I’d also give it an 8 on the Suckometer. If you just let the FlashSplash page finish, you’ll get a mission-statement sounding pile of platitudes: “Bringing You Products For Innovative Research.” The Flash animation of a chemical ring is also a waste of bandwidth and the color combinations are ugly. The text on the “About Us” page is obscured by a picture of some buildings or something.
To paraphrase the great American philosopher Carlos Irwin Estévez: “Duh. Losing.”
Toronto Research Chemicals
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March 31st, 2011 2:02 am by Vincent Flanders
Submitter’s comments: Can someone say seizure???
Vincent Flanders’ comments: Seriously. The images make cause seizures.
Mr. Cranky says it best, “This is so godawful that it ruptures the very fabric of space and time with the sheer overpowering force of its mediocrity.” The physical structure of this home page is unbelievable. If I’m not mistaken, the page is composed strictly of images.
InStyler
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March 31st, 2011 2:02 am by Vincent Flanders
Submitter’s comments: Mystery Meat Navigation (MMN) alert.
Vincent Flanders’ comments: A very nice example of why MMN shouldn’t be used. We also have some text contrast problems on subpages. Why?
Marketpro
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March 24th, 2011 5:05 am by Vincent Flanders
Submitter’s comments: The swirling cloud of links…
Vincent Flanders’ comments: Gosh. If I remember correctly, the government—especially the military—doesn’t support Flash. Of course, our swirling cloud of links are a swirling Flash cloud of links. This page also demonstrates why a liquid layout may not be best type of layout to use.
I will refrain from making any jokes about the word “intelligence” in the organization’s name.
National Geospacial Intelligence Agency
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