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Technical & Scientific => Programming => Topic started by: Mike on June 27, 2006, 11:51:32 AM

Title: The horrible site design game!
Post by: Mike on June 27, 2006, 11:51:32 AM
Ok simple rule:
Post a link to a site that is uglier then the one before it.

Since I'm a lazy bastard I'll simply report the one I did from another topic:

http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/

Edit:  Amended rule: The site needs to be a production site that is not purposely ugly.
Title: Re: The horrible site design game!
Post by: Perspective on June 27, 2006, 11:57:24 AM
http://corson.tv/main/buttugly.htm

its intentionally ugly, I guess thats kinda cheating.
Title: Re: The horrible site design game!
Post by: ober on June 27, 2006, 11:59:53 AM
http://www.freelancebusinessman.com/

This is what it looks like after a handful of people critiqued it and he made it "better".

I know I'm not following the rules of being "uglier than the one before it", but I think it's pretty hard to top Perspective's.
Title: Re: The horrible site design game!
Post by: Mike on June 27, 2006, 12:04:59 PM
http://corson.tv/main/buttugly.htm

its intentionally ugly, I guess thats kinda cheating.
Yeah :P  Amended the rules.  We are looking for idiots who don't know they are.
Title: Re: The horrible site design game!
Post by: Mike on June 27, 2006, 12:06:30 PM
http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/

Because as we all know firefox is just ugly :P
Title: Re: The horrible site design game!
Post by: micah on June 27, 2006, 12:13:09 PM
http://www.garysings.com/
Title: Re: The horrible site design game!
Post by: Mike on June 27, 2006, 05:23:48 PM
http://www.jcsm.org/

In more ways the one
Title: Re: The horrible site design game!
Post by: micah on June 27, 2006, 05:56:40 PM
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http://www.jcsm.org/

In more ways the one

Thats a good one.  the guy on that page looks like one of the Smiths from The Matrix.

(http://www.jcsm.org/JasonG7.png)
Title: Re: The horrible site design game!
Post by: Mike on June 27, 2006, 09:56:35 PM
Ohhh I think this might be a contender

http://www.stuckonhighway6.blogspot.com/
Title: Re: The horrible site design game!
Post by: ober on June 27, 2006, 10:24:14 PM
Here we go... this is a double humdinger:

Main site: http://www.nfis.com/~kellyhjc/

And about 3/4 of the way down the page, there's a link to the "webmaster's" personal page:

http://nfis.com/~kellyhjc/home.html

HAHAHAHA
Title: Re: The horrible site design game!
Post by: micah on June 27, 2006, 11:13:44 PM
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Here is my old favorite music links including favorite TV shows and Movies. Two pictures are from my favorite movie and a picture of my beautiful Bonsaii Tree. As for the Light House I collect minature light houses. I guess you would wonder when the heck I find time as a webmaster with all of my hobbies, well I do spread myself thin but I truely enjoy it.
:rofl2: :worship: :D :lol:
Title: Re: The horrible site design game!
Post by: ober on June 28, 2006, 09:25:53 AM
My wife found that gem when she was updating resources for her job.  She actually talked to that guy and he was VERY proud of his work.

I think the funniest part is the lion on his personal page :)
Title: Re: The horrible site design game!
Post by: Stephen on June 28, 2006, 04:28:21 PM
http://entropysink.com

Edit:

Uh, I mean... that was a typo... I Ctrl+Ced... the wrong URL... yeah... or something.


Er... I meant... http://weezer.com/default.asp -- Love the band, hate the website.

Yeah! That's what I meant, though...
Title: Re: The horrible site design game!
Post by: Perspective on June 28, 2006, 05:56:55 PM
http://entropysink.com

ooooohhhhhh..... :eek:
/me runs for the bomb shelter
Title: Re: The horrible site design game!
Post by: ober on June 28, 2006, 09:56:43 PM
/me warms up whoopin stick

I'll admit it ain't pretty... I might have to play with it one of these days.  I did it in about 20 minutes.
Title: Re: The horrible site design game!
Post by: Rob on June 29, 2006, 12:48:07 PM
Pffffft...

http://www.sarahjanenewbury.com/
Title: Re: The horrible site design game!
Post by: Rob on June 29, 2006, 12:49:59 PM
http://www.ultimateobject.com/asm.html
Title: Re: The horrible site design game!
Post by: Rob on June 29, 2006, 12:59:34 PM
Oh.........my.........god........

http://www.tonydurant.co.uk/
Title: Re: The horrible site design game!
Post by: Ken Fitlike on June 29, 2006, 02:00:35 PM
Pffffft...

http://www.sarahjanenewbury.com/

Okay, a joke's a joke but that's just taking it too far. :(

edit:

Oh.........my.........god........

http://www.tonydurant.co.uk/

It's that evil woman again. :( :( :(
Title: Re: The horrible site design game!
Post by: Stephen on June 29, 2006, 03:39:35 PM
http://www.geocities.com/indgroupuk/
Title: Re: The horrible site design game!
Post by: Rob on June 29, 2006, 03:55:31 PM
http://www.geocities.com/indgroupuk/

 :uhyeah:
Title: Re: The horrible site design game!
Post by: Mike on June 30, 2006, 06:49:15 PM
http://www.myspace.com/1sexyd00d
Title: Re: The horrible site design game!
Post by: Rob on June 30, 2006, 07:33:09 PM
http://www.myspace.com/1sexyd00d


Aaaaah! My fuckin' eyes. It burns...
Title: Re: The horrible site design game!
Post by: Rob on June 30, 2006, 07:36:29 PM
http://www.geocities.com/indgroupuk/

http://www.geocities.com/indgroupuk/notices.html

  :wtf:

I mean, why? Just why? WTF does a bouncing bull have to do with anything. Did the 'designer' just do that because he could? Fuckin' twat.
Title: Re: The horrible site design game!
Post by: Rob on June 30, 2006, 07:41:39 PM
http://www.freelancebusinessman.com/

This is what it looks like after a handful of people critiqued it and he made it "better".

I know I'm not following the rules of being "uglier than the one before it", but I think it's pretty hard to top Perspective's.

Just a question for you web design type guys. The top logo on that page is a hyperlink... to the same page. WTF is with that. Why would anyone in their right mind go to the bother of putting a link to a page when you're ALREADY ON THAT FREAKING PAGE?
Title: Re: The horrible site design game!
Post by: micah on July 01, 2006, 12:26:58 AM
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WTF is with that. Why would anyone in their right mind go to the bother of putting a link to a page when you're ALREADY ON THAT FREAKING PAGE?

as a design type guy, I can field this question.
It is common practice to have the banner image on sub-pages be a link that brings you back to the home page of a given site.

for example, on the page:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.aspx?displaylang=en
there is a microsoft logo in the top left hand corner. if you click on it, it takes you to the microsoft.com homepage.

This is kind of dumb if you are ALREADY on the homepage, however, more then likely, the site is designed as somewhat of a template.  The header, footer, menu, style and other elements that are common to all pages are seperate from the actual content of each page. That way, if you need to make a design change (or update the menu or header image) you only have to change it once, on the template, instead of updating every single page of the site.

I suspect that is the case here, and the header is designed as a link because that same code is used for all pages of the site.  most of which should include a link back to the homepage.

EDIT: this still a bit of lazyness on the part of the programmer as even a template site could be programmed to not include the link on the template when the content is the homepage.  on that microsoft page above, once you click to the homepage, the logo is no longer a link.

Title: Re: The horrible site design game!
Post by: Rob on July 01, 2006, 03:15:08 AM
Mkay, I guess that makes sense. Thanks.
Title: Re: The horrible site design game!
Post by: ober on July 03, 2006, 03:30:27 PM
You'd be surprised how many people "expect" that to be a "feature".  It's handy... and I do it on some of my sites, but I'm not going to code out the link on the home page... maybe it makes me lazy... maybe it makes me consistent... maybe I just don't care ;).
Title: Re: The horrible site design game!
Post by: Mike on March 29, 2007, 01:27:21 AM
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Title: Re: The horrible site design game!
Post by: Rob on March 31, 2007, 03:39:21 AM
http://connecticutcriminaldefenselawyers.visa-authority.com/connecticut_felonies.html


...because paragraphs are so cliched.