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Old 04-11-2005, 01:17 AM
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I was wondering about this the today. Every once in a while we stumble across popular websites online that are screaming for a re-design. What does everyone think the worst looking /popular website online is?

Drudge Report has the tops for me:

http://www.drudgereport.com/

aarrrgggghhhh!

Why dont they do something with this!
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It gets the job done and is cheap on bandwidth, which is an issue when you are doing millions of uniques a day. A popular adult site which is yellow and ugly as hell(most should know which one i mean) does about 4million uniques a day. So having even 20k of extra graphics can cost thousands of dollars in bandwidth bills, so why bother.
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Old 04-11-2005, 02:28 AM
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That is pretty bad, yes. But the worst one of all belongs to the very organization that defines the web standards:

http://www.w3.org

I'm sorry, but you would think that any organization, non-prof or otherwise, that is supposedly in charge of establishing standards for a global audience would apply some readability and usability standards of their own. Yes, their coding is "technically" correct, but their opening page is a hodgepodge of links (although, now that they've started to use lists and headers, it's not as bad as it once was); the text is ridiculously large; and reading through their syntax explanations, between the font size and the vernacular, gives me an enormous headache.

That's why I'm glad they also developed http://www.w3schools.org . If you're looking for entry-level information or have a minor syntax question, it's a much easier resource to deal with (nicer-looking too).
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It gets the job done and is cheap on bandwidth, which is an issue when you are doing millions of uniques a day. A popular adult site which is yellow and ugly as hell(most should know which one i mean) does about 4million uniques a day. So having even 20k of extra graphics can cost thousands of dollars in bandwidth bills, so why bother.
Yes, but by now the site in question should have a server big enough to hundle the traffic it receives. :)
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http://www.flashkit.com A lot of banners (all of them dancing in front of your eyes). It's difficult to find the content.
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http://www.desmoinesregister.com

They just redigned this site to BECOME this.
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http://www.desmoinesregister.com

They just redigned this site to BECOME this.
Mmmmm.. lovely!! I bet the head of marketing and the company accountant just love it!! :o)

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