# Badly-designed websites (or, some people shouldn't be taught the funkier HTML codes!)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/badly-designed-websites-or-some-people-shouldnt-be-taught-the-funkier-html-codes/47671>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 29, 2000, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/badly-designed-websites-or-some-people-shouldnt-be-taught-the-funkier-html-codes/47671 "2000-12-29T16:48:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![John\_Bredin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2000, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/badly-designed-websites-or-some-people-shouldnt-be-taught-the-funkier-html-codes/47671/1 "2000-12-29T16:48:40Z")

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You’ve all seen them; websites with WAY too many gimmicks that distract from the message, such as:  
\*flashing words,  
\*dancing figures,  
\*bouncing arrows,  
\*flashing or “slide-show” graphics that work fine on a slower computer but look like a cheetah on uppers on your direct 'Net connection.

It’s obvious that these webpages are the products of eager amateurs, people with a message to get out that believe the flashier the page is, the more people will notice it. Professionally-designed webpages are rarely afflicted with this kind or degree of overkill.

So list the most “gimmicky” websites you know about.

My contribution: [http://www.lackawannacutoff.org](http://www.lackawannacutoff.org)  
While its a cause I believe in wholeheartedly, DAMN their website is bad! The first few paragraphs flash so quickly you can barely read them – and they’re in red text, no less! The gyrating arrows make me want to look in the OTHER direction.

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**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2000, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/badly-designed-websites-or-some-people-shouldnt-be-taught-the-funkier-html-codes/47671/2 "2000-12-29T16:56:57Z")

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[webpagesthatsuck.com](http://webpagesthatsuck.com) because he spends all the time putting down crappy websites & yet never answers his own email. dumb.

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**Author:** ![Shiva](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@Shiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shiva)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2000, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/badly-designed-websites-or-some-people-shouldnt-be-taught-the-funkier-html-codes/47671/3 "2000-12-29T17:54:24Z")

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> \*Originally posted by John Bredin \*  
> \*\*My contribution: [http://www.lackawannacutoff.org](http://www.lackawannacutoff.org)  
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Arrgh! I counted 89 font changes on that page!

FrontPage in the hands of another ‘creative’ person. :rolleyes:

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**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2000, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/badly-designed-websites-or-some-people-shouldnt-be-taught-the-funkier-html-codes/47671/4 "2000-12-29T18:06:09Z")

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There’s hundreds of sites, listed in their own  
site design category, at [http://www.losers.org](http://www.losers.org)