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charliemarRank: 9
I'm starting a new discussion thread: bad web design flame war! The idea is to:
- Share the websites you have seen, which doesn't work properly, or have designed in a use-less way, especially the websites that people have to use for their day to day needs.
- Identify what is the flaw and let's discuss what's the ideal solution to their problem -- increasing our knowledge and avoiding such mistakes in our future.
- Have fun, flaming and criticizing them :)
altf2jun...Rank: 16
Just read what's on the page, and you'll see that the page
1) does not correspond to the URL AT ALL =)
2) has no real purpose
and 3) isn't associated with anything, anywhere... no one's heard of this.
Oh, and there's no color. It's all black and white, which is terrible web design.
RojaRank: 17
@charliemar
this is a very nice thread that u have started, but i can only share such web site not actually participate in it.
there is a site "sms7" http://www.sms7.in/index.asp its a free site.
The only one with 440 characters of which 80 r utilised in ad
The problem with this site is:
we cannot log out
the max limit per day is 50 sms
In case u have 50 clients and u r sending a bulk msg u have to select each individual client
the selection procedure is also laborious.
after updating a clients name and no: the next one has to be added by going to phone entry again
Rt now i remember this much
but it would have been very useful had it not been so labrious.
sorry i can only talk of problems but the solution part is over to u guys.
all the best.
asighRank: 2
http://www.pvrcinemas.com/home
There is too much flash on it. (Or is it something else, the images). And it takes ages to load. Also at times, the payment gateway fails, or the dynamic drop downs on the right do not refresh. They have also wasted a lot of space on the right and left. Its a movie site, they could be more creative.
@Web designers: Any other way to get those images to come out faster, from a design perspective.
robinalexRank: 1
nice examples in different flavors
http://rawr.com/
This is how, the web design was during the initial days of internet!..
http://www.sms7.in/index.asp
Better than the first one! Design and usability has to be improved..
http://www.pvrcinemas.com/home
Good design, but problem with performance and functionality.. Well, I can comment some about this..
Anil, you are getting lot of free space on side because you are using a very high resolution screen.. The site is designed to work well with lower resolution screens, which won't be having much free space on the side.. Since graphic is so high, % or screen size based content fitting on screen is very difficult..
I think performance issue is due to heavy use of script (may not be scripted properly). It will be nice if they pre load images/files before they load the page (I first saw this concept on dreamvever roll over images).. I think, It can be faster than this, they could have tried jquery with proper plug-ins;
For researching on functionality defects, we need to see the code..
However, this one is not that much bad compared to previous two..
To see how bad the page designs can be, check this out:
http://www.datadial.net/blog/index.php/2009/06/09/website-fail-30-web-designs-that-will-hurt-your-eyes/
(some links may not work. However small screen shots are available)
asighRank: 2
But I was just thinking, but I do not do that much web design...
Cannot the code be written to read the screen size from the rendering system, and resize..? (Pixels)
I am using 1400 x 900, imagine the blank spaces on full HD monitors..?
robinalexRank: 1
^^ Yes! we could read screen size using script and layout things the we want.. people are using it..
(simplest form is simple table layout with die mentions defined in percentage)
The base design will be for small screen resolution, and for fitting into larger screen, some areas needs to constant and some areas can be expanded to fit the screen.. Simple cases this can be done easily.. but for high graphic cases, it is very difficult for design as well as coding..
I will show a simple example..
Data on a 400px table..
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quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. When it expaned to 700px
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The designer designed it for 400px, and when it expanded, it spoiled the text <-> image alignment (imagine it is a big document with lot of pictures and text).. So, to avoid this kind of situation, people keep some things in fixed size regardless of screen size.. In these kind of cases, content with blank sides looks better than the expanded one..
robinalexRank: 1
So took a screenshot from editor, and giving it as image:
robinalexRank: 1
Hey guys.. check this website..
http://www.blastradius.com/
This is web design company..
Their creativity and case studies are excellent..
asighRank: 2
Nice site. Simple and functional I really like the way, the mouser hover highlights. Also the back ground re-arranges itself, but remain interactive. Good site.