20 Worst Site Designs Of 2008
20. IKEA Design Stories
http://www.ikea.com/ms/en_US/rooms_ideas/democratic_design/CollectedPage.html
You’d think that IKEA would know better than to use Mystery Meat Navigation (and music, for that matter).
19. Kongkaffe
http://www.kongkaffe.no/
I’ve stopped by this site a couple of times. He´s not that bad when it comes to programming and interface for that matter. But the look is terrible. I actually tried to do a little research on the guy, and it turns out he´s serious about this. Anyway, check it out.
18. American Tours
http://americantoursinc.com/cms/kunde/rts/americantoursinccom/docs/705759356-07-07-2006-16-50-06.htm
Ick. I would never have seen the navigation if I hadn’t been on this site. Just awfully done. Awful. Awful. Plus staring at the bus looking for navigation made me carsick. Nothing says “LET’S GO FOR A RIDE” like a speeding bus with its door open.
17. Land Between the Lakes
http://www.lbl.org/
There is not much that’s very redeeming at all about this site. And the sideways navigation comes out looking VERY stupid, any which way you slice it. I have been to the Land Between the Lakes, and it’s a very nice place to visit, but this site looks like a real train wreck, and obviously does NOT help promote tourism in that part of western Kentucky.
16. Daxo
http://www.daxo.de/
OK, This is annoying, I was looking for information on the the FF Dax font and got this lovely piece of (pejorative term deleted) web site, which apparently belongs to the creator of the font. Also note the descriptive page titles.
15. Teacher Express
http://www.teacherxpress.com/
What can one say about this one? And we wonder why our children are confused.
14. Think About It
http://www.thinkaboutit.com/
Thoughtscape? More like a CrapScape. The voice on the FlashSplash page says: Question It Ponder It Dare It Test It Flip It Flop It Think About It I’d like to add, “Leave It.”
13. Petrosains
http://petrosains.com.my/
Here is another example of Mystery Meat Navigation (MMN).
12. Stupid Fun Club
http://www.stupidfunclub.com/
I really don’t know what to say, other than it looks like we have another contender for Worst Web Site of 2008. It’s a monumental waste of time.
11. Tracy’s Karate
http://www.tracyskarate.com/
It’s a YAITS (Yet Another Industry That Sucks) — Martial Arts web sites. A blast from the past is Seneca Tae Kwon Do. It’s a mess. Ditch the site and redesign it.
10. Alternative Transport Services
http://www.alternativetransportservices.co.uk/
It’s always “refreshing” to see a new type of web design mistake. I’ve seen (horizontally) repeating background images, but I’ve never seen (vertically) repeating navigation. I don’t think I’ve ever seen the word “darling” used so many times on a site that wasn’t about punters (an homage to my readers in Great Britain).
9. Lemon Bay High School
http://www.ccps.k12.fl.us/schools/LBHS/
Check out Lemon Bay High School for the worst example of a school web site on the planet. Talk about alienating your user base LOL. Enjoy the useless splash, Mystery Meat Navigation, 3? viewable content iframe and marvel at the .. well … what IS that thing, anyway
8. Saman Zerin
http://www.samanzerin.com/
It’s one of the first web designs where I didn’t actually have a clue what I was supposed to do. Not even a hint. And even when you work it out, the site is still unusable. It seems to link you to a random page depending on what you click.
7. 5safepoints.com
http://www.5safepoints.com/
If you’re prone to seizures, I’d stay away from this site — especially stay away from some of the subpages. I’m guessing that while this company provides classes, they’re basically one, big advertising site for other driver-related companies.
6. Welcome to C-Ville
http://www.ownyourc.com/
Please take a look if you haven’t already. If it matters, I believe the cost of this site is astronomical: something like one million dollars - no kidding.
5. Newcastle Spiritualist Church
http://users.hunterlink.net.au/~mbbjsj/index.htm
I stumbled across this charming and delightful site recently. I’m glad I was sober or I might have tried to remove the freaking coloured flying things (yes I’m sure they have a name but I don’t care ’cause I’m never going to use it). Aren’t the colours purty?
4. CUH2A
http://www.cuh2a.com/
Working with most architects, their web sites are considered well-designed compared to working with their unbearable egos. Even so, you can’t discuss design in any shape or manner with them. Here’s but yet another bad design by an architectural firm.
3. Havenworks
http://www.havenworks.com/
1. I searched through my files and couldn’t find anything that said I’ve used this site. 2. Words fail me. 3. This is a great candidate for the worst web site of 2008. 4. I think I’ve gone blind.
2. Brill Publications
http://www.brillpublications.com/
What were they thinking when they created this site? This isn’t some cutesy little company with a niche product. This is (supposedly) a real company with real products.
1. Ron Oslunds Web Page
http://ronoslund.com/
Oh my god, I almost just threw up looking at it! Yup this is possible the worst!
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