Monday, February 28, 2005

Good and bad

Well, they say that there is no such thing as good art and bad art, but clearly this does not apply to websites. It is amazing how many bad websites exist: maybe it isn't that amazing if you consider that almost anyone can create one without any real formal training (this is also a major plus of the internet in my opinion).

Here is an example of a bad website:
http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/2001/workspheres/index.html
This website employs what has been termed "mystery meat navigation." (http://www.webpagesthatsuck.com/mysterymeatnavigation.html). Mystery meat navigation requires the user to roll their mouse over an object in order to determine what the link may be to. Beyond being annoying and frustrating, it does not promote a clean design.

Here is a website I really liked:
http://www.inol3.com/
It offers lots of clean lines and lots of symmetry. The fact most of it isn't in English is besides the point for me.

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