Nsfw, but relevant
http://tinyurl.com/n7etzst
Hell yes it's gotten stupid beyond belief
The news sites in particular tend to be hideous, and not just from the whiz-bang, the ads and scripts have gotten insane
That, plus half the articles are not articles at all, but videos. Compared to text, video is horribly inefficient at actually delivering the 5 W's of journalism.
Nsfw, but relevantSo many website developers need to read that.
http://tinyurl.com/n7etzst
So many website developers need to read that.
Springfield Armory's page is a big offender.
Brad
I read FAR faster than a video's speed, so I would rather have an article to read vs. a video to watch.
'Nother thing that bothers me is low contrast between the text and the background. Brown text on tan ground is pretty bad on one of the gun sites...also had that cowboy/westen font, I forget what they call it.
Sometimes I have to "Select All" and copy it to Notepad to read it.
Worst I've seen is red text on blue background.
Click.
Why do web site developers insist on ruining functionality with whiz-bang?
That, plus half the articles are not articles at all, but videos. Compared to text, video is horribly inefficient at actually delivering the 5 W's of journalism.
Another issue is making me watch a 60+ second commercial for a 20-30 second highlight. And then making me watch that same commercial every time I click on a new video.
How about a page with multiple video windows (some of them content and some of them ads) and they all autoplay at the same time? And some are off the screen even at high resolution, so you have to scroll down to turn them off, but you can't really scroll because the browser is overwhelmed.
Adblocker helps tremendously with that.
Back when I actually bothered with Hulu, I wrote to several of their advertisers pointing out that the same ad 3-4 times in a 30 minute show had very much the opposite effect; even if I might have sort of wanted the product, I was more likely to go look for a competitor that hadn't pissed me off at that point. IMO, they would have done a lot better to buy all the spots for that show, but only run one ad once, or at least just one full length and a couple of 5-10 second teasers.IMO, this same thing applies to radio and TV ads. A commercial that might be sorta clever and almost funny the first time becomes a reason to change the channel/station after the 132nd time. I used to get really pissed at some of the radio ads a few years back when I had a long commute. (see radio ads where two people are having a conversation or TV ads which are the 13th interation of a successful ad campaign)
Back when I actually bothered with Hulu, I wrote to several of their advertisers pointing out that the same ad 3-4 times in a 30 minute show had very much the opposite effect; even if I might have sort of wanted the product, I was more likely to go look for a competitor that hadn't pissed me off at that point. IMO, they would have done a lot better to buy all the spots for that show, but only run one ad once, or at least just one full length and a couple of 5-10 second teasers.
Back when I actually bothered with Hulu, I wrote to several of their advertisers pointing out that the same ad 3-4 times in a 30 minute show had very much the opposite effect; even if I might have sort of wanted the product, I was more likely to go look for a competitor that hadn't pissed me off at that point. IMO, they would have done a lot better to buy all the spots for that show, but only run one ad once, or at least just one full length and a couple of 5-10 second teasers.
You can't entirely blame the advertiser for that. Unlike air or cable TV ads you don't buy time with Hulu by the "show" you buy it by the demographic. So, it's no "I want 16 commercials for the 8pm showing of Modern Family" it's "I'll give you enough money to give me 400,000 impressions on females from 35-85" and Hulu just sticks them in front of people as needed to get their impression count.
I just want to say as a developer, that the developers may not necessarily be to blame. Most horribleness that has gone into the product I work on was mandated by Business, and I had no choice. Always feel dirty writing code for "features" I know the users will hate . . . But some VP made a throwaway comment about "it'd be nice if it did X when you did Y," so Business insists it be done even though it's a terrible idea.
I just want to say as a developer, that the developers may not necessarily be to blame. Most horribleness that has gone into the product I work on was mandated by Business, and I had no choice. Always feel dirty writing code for "features" I know the users will hate . . . But some VP made a throwaway comment about "it'd be nice if it did X when you did Y," so Business insists it be done even though it's a terrible idea.
That's just plain DUMB.
Here's one for you. Was watching "Star Trek" Episode "Arena*" and heard several references to distances in yards. Yeah, like in stardate whatever-it-was.
I have two pet peeves about web design in general. First, ALL web site designers should be required to read up on red-green color vision deficiency. I have it. A very large percentage of the white male population has it. Red text on a dark blue background is painful to the eyes but at least you know there's something there. Red on black is, for me, invisible. Literally. I've encountered web sites that open up with a black background and red text. I can't even find where it says "Click here to enter our site." What's the point of designing a site that a major percentage of your viewers can't see?Does it also say you must be 18 years old?
And that "Click here to enter" brings me to the other pet peeve. WHY should I have to "Click here to enter"? I just typed the URL to your web site into my browser because I wanted to enter your web site. Why do I now have to click another screen just to get me where your URL should have taken me in the first place. I've seen sites that take as many as four click-throughs to finally get to the content page you came to the site to view. That's just plain DUMB.
I could see the universal translator doing unit conversions too, but it's amazing how they're always to such nice round numbers of hours; never one hour, twenty three minutes and nine seconds to account for whatever their planet's rotational period is.
Does it also say you must be 18 years old?
CNN's Facebook announcement for the new mobile design is being throughly panned. Seems the loathing is nigh universal.
https://m.facebook.com/cnn/posts/10153215563986509
CNN's Facebook announcement for the new mobile design is being thoroughly panned. Seems the loathing is nigh universal.
Brad
bUD uGLLY dESIGN . pROFESSIONAL wEB dEVELOPMENT (http://budugllydesign.com/)Seeing the links change size and font when you put the cursor over them gives me horrific shivers.
Revel in the awfulness.
Reviving the thread because whiz-bang-web-site is hitting a little closer to home tomorrow.
My civic club is considering a revised web site. A member's son fancies himself a site developer. Aside from the insanely high cost he's quoting for "administration" (which is mostly social media plugins and a bunch of useless site gadgets we'll never use) he gave us this gem as an example of his prowess.
http://www.charitywater.org/
It's awful. Tomorrow it's being presented to the Board of Directors. I can't wait... >:D
Brad
The news sites areworse thanclickbait sites
Reviving the thread because whiz-bang-web-site is hitting a little closer to home tomorrow.
My civic club is considering a revised web site. A member's son fancies himself a site developer. Aside from the insanely high cost he's quoting for "administration" (which is mostly social media plugins and a bunch of useless site gadgets we'll never use) he gave us this gem as an example of his prowess.
http://www.charitywater.org/
It's awful. Tomorrow it's being presented to the Board of Directors. I can't wait... >:D
Brad
Why do web site developers insist on ruining functionality with whiz-bang?