That bloody graphic (above) on web pages that are 'under construction'. It bothers me for many reasons. First, it's a crap idea. It was crap idea ten or more years ago when I first set eyes on it and it hasn't changed. Second, I can't see the link between a roadworks sign and the construction of a web page. Yes, I know it's supposed to be a play on 'construction' but there's no lateral leap or logical hindsight. If we are going to be that facile then maybe I should surround my desk with cones and don a hard hat and safety tabard as I construct this sentence. Ridiculous? Yes, it is. Third, how bloody hard is it to build a webpage? Well for me sat upon the throne of creative governance it's quite easy. I simply scribble some instructions on a scrap of paper and a team of people younger and brighter than I turn it into a web page. I don't ask how, I simply enjoy the magic. But even not being versed in XML, ASP, Flash and all that other technical stuff I know that the bright young things can go from a state of wide eyed 'I hope he isn't looking to...' to a state of exuberant 'Have a look at this!' in days rather than weeks or months. A complete award winning website with animation and lots of database driven content and data capture took less than a month. The sites that are 'under construction' are rarely that complicated. Perhaps this is the thing that really bothers me. They are always (ALWAYS) dreadful websites either put together with a software package designed for people with hooves or they are based on some free template from the same diabolical source that inflicted clip art on the world.
If you have a website and you haven't got the time or knowledge to create all those wonderful pages that are still under construction years after your website went live then please click here. Buy the 3 page off the shelf website and we'll throw in a fourth page for free. Just take down that under construction sign. Please.
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Crap websites? Take a look at the website of Berkshire Hathaway Inc and you will see crap.
This is the company that has a certain William H Gates III on the board. After Buffet promised him all his billions the least he could have done is got one of his cronies to build him a more interesting website.
Crap websites? Take a look at the website of Berkshire Hathaway Inc and you will see crap.
This is the company that has a certain William H Gates III on the board. After Buffet promised him all his billions the least he could have done is got one of his cronies to build him a more interesting website.
have a look at www.useit.com.
This is the website of 'web usability expert' Jakob Neilson. It looks Berkshire Hathaway subscribe to his design philosophy. Apparently we are all too busy to waste time processing colour and images and all that superfluous twaddle and what we really need is the instant gratification of a load of titles against a white background.
I bet Mr Neilson has a lot of A Levels.
Berkshire Hathaway? Their CEO is a bloke called Buffet... what do you expect?
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