Worst Web Sites 2007
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Does Your Web Site Suck?
Introduction
Checklist 1
149 Ways to Kill Your Web Site
Checklist 2
82 Ways to Ruin Your Web Site
Miscellaneous
#9 Worst Non-Profit Web Site of 2007 — New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs
Submitter's comments: I know that government agencies tend to be slow pen-pushing behemoths at the best of times, except when it comes to claiming taxes. This web site is a brilliant example of bureaucratic thinking brought to the web.
Vincent Flanders' comments: Another big issue is the lack of contrast between the links and the background color.
One of the sites you must visit when creating your web site is AccessColor. You type in the URL of the page you want to check, click the "Full report" radio button, and then click "Check" and the program tells you how well your text contrasts with the background. Unfortunately but logically, it doesn't check text on images.
If you use the full URL of the home page http://www.dia.govt.nz/diawebsite.nsf, you're told that "Both color difference and color brightness do not meet the recommended standard for 25% of the total text."