Comments on: How not to build web sites

By: Mike Cherim

Mike Cherim — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 16:44:17 +0000

Oh, you should like this Josiah Cole article Gill!

By: Jaybee

Jaybee — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 17:06:35 +0000

Oh I doooooo! I especially like point 6. A man after my own heart. I don’t know whether to be flattered or annoyed that he stole my idea before I thought of it.

By: Helena Boylen

Helena Boylen — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 10:34:24 +0000

Oh oh I thought of one!

Two actually. First off - People who don’t have “skip animation” links on their slow, boring Flash animation of a wheel gradually assembling itself (or a gearbox, or a.. whatever).

Secondly - and this one really bugs me - web pages that are 90% Google/Amazon ads with a feeble attempt at actually including some content with the adverts.

Thought of another one. People on Forums who post messages that say “What shall I make my website about?” Well I don’t bloody well know! If you don’t have something pressing to say then please don’t bother - there’s enough rubbish out there already.

Oh yes - and people that have the SIMPLY BRILLIANT idea of setting up a directory of other sites (more of those please!).

Sorry, those last two were more about content than actual building sites weren’t they?

By: Gui

Gui — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 15:37:38 +0000

First off - People who don’t have “skip animation” links on their slow, boring Flash animation of a wheel gradually

Hi Helena (it’s me, Mango)

I agree with you but would rather have a Flash intro without the skip button. I feel adding a skip button is like telling people “I know my animation really sucks, therefore I will not hold it against you if you don’t look at it!”

I feel Flash has its place as long as it is ’skipable’ but not with that ’skip animation’ button

By: JackP

JackP — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 21:06:54 +0000

This site best viewed in….. Aaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!

Does that run on Win XP?

By: Jaybee

Jaybee — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 21:43:45 +0000

Would it be churlish of me to say that it’s a Microsoft working title?

By: Wombley

Wombley — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 22:14:41 +0000

People on Forums who post messages that say “What shall I make my website about?”

Actually, that’s what my nephew said about his. He can be forgiven though on the grounds that he’s only seven, it’s his first site, and even he had the sense not to use multi-coloured backgrounds. He’ll learn. With an aunty that won’t settle for anything less than valid, semantic and accessible, he’d better learn pretty damned smartish too!

I agree with all of the above. Anyone found guilty of any of the above crimes should be forceably removed from their computer and not allowed online until they’ve developed some taste and common sense.

By: rdouglass

rdouglass — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 20:20:14 +0000

Nice article. Funny, accurate, and well written. Thanks for the good read.

Seems like something ive read before; in bits and pieces in answers to others Q’s. Must be a whole lot easier to just refer them to this.

By: Jaybee

Jaybee — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 20:30:24 +0000

I kept getting complaints that I wasn’t blogging enough and thinking about it, I realised that whenever I had information I was posting it in the forums, over and over again so it rather made sense to stick it on here and then just link back to it. Saves a heck of a lot of typing.