Um, to put it in one word, no. Unless the content was really, really, really, REALLY good, I'd never like a site like that. If it was really that bad, I'd probably attempt to locate an email address on the first page (I'd probably not surf anywhere beyond the first page on that site) and send them an email on how to fix everything, to the extent of my knowledge. I hate to see sites like that, especially if they have good content, because the quality of the content is wasted on such a horrific page.

Serena

Ah, if only everyone would adhere to W3C standards (even transitional) and follow basic web accessibility guidelines.

Well I see there are a few school related sites that were mentioned. I was going to post the link to my daughter's elementary school page... I am not trying to bash it, but it is pretty cramped and crowded. It started out fun and on the left side had large button images and the mascot at the top... It was fun for the elementary school style... Now I think the webmaster made it too professional for its' own good... But now, it is a broken link... Maybe he/she is thinking of redoing it again...

I have noticed that spamming sites that I have gone to seem to over image their sites that if you had dialup it would totally take all day to load... I think it is bad enough having spamming messages everywhere... but I was bored and followed one for vitamins, and goodness their site was rainbow text from blue to yellow to green and red... and HUGE images of happy smileys! Yikes!

Ok, so if my daughter's school site comes back up, I will try to link it.... if I remember!

I guess when it comes to bad sites, I guess nobody is perfect! haha

Dilbert.com is complete crap since the site was re-done recently. But, I still go there tp read the comic.

Someone had stated that yelow on black is a terrible color combination. I agree on screen though in print it is one the most effective color schemes.

Dilbert.com isn't so bad but definitely acceptable for a large site like that.

In my opinion Hotmail is one of the worst sites compared to how popular it is. I don't get it how they can force effects on you or make it so when you log in you get 404 half the time and the other half the time the cookies don't store correctly forcing you to login twice. Maybe I am the only one experiencing these problems but I get the errors on multiple computers on all web browsers. I also prefer non-flash websites and sites that don't use too much java script. Yahoo’s new mail is like this and runs real slow on my computer. Is it just me or even computers a few years old getting outdated for even the basic internet?

I agree, how hard is it to make a site that works? There are lots of sites out there that teach how to make your site look professional. People think just because they know how to program that they can make their site however they want and people will like it. Some day people will find out that a basic site that works is better then one filled with effects and glitches.

Thanks,
Sparkx

When I was younger I liked one like that. It had 90 million pop ups when you visited it, and the ads would spam you all over the page. The links were animated with flash and when you wanted to go to a different page, the links would lag you. But, then again, I just liked going there for the new updates and stuff.

I agree that Yahoo! Mail has caused me come connection trouble recently in the past year or so but Hotmail is working great for me. Windows Live Hotmail is the second-best webmail service next to Google Mail. The full version works on Internet Explorer and Firefox and it works great! The only problem with the cookies that I have is with Safari where I must delete the appropriate Windows Live cookies sometimes. Other than that, Hotmail is great!!

That's some exaggeration, FirefoxRocks!

But yes, I believe most of us 'ripe' internet users have visited such a website for reasons of their own. The last time I recall doing that is 'cause one of my colleagues quoted me 'the only' website to get some relatively out-dated (all regards to current supersonic trends to bilateral change) stuff. You do expect loads of 404 errors ("damn, dead end!") on such old, rusty sites which are either hosted free (with ADs) or are owned by someone who doesn't care about the (obliviously meager, for him) hosting costs he keeps paying for it. Nonetheless, if you're desperate for that something and have been told that this is the only stinking website on the entire WWW that hosts it, then you would take the effort to find it (and instinctively more to snap out of it as soon as you grab hold, and make a point to comment about your visit to your referrer!).

The other day I came across a site that had all its links configured to open in new windows! Thanks to Firefox, they just counted more tabs, but that is something you'd never want. Imagine the side-navigation links opening up new tabs and clotting your browser to more smudged pages of the insane website!

But the truth remains, that its the World Wide Web. There're good sites, and there are bad sites. And there are sites like these (!) If they've got what you're looking for, you gotta stand it all!

This post has been edited by Omkar™: May 14 2008, 05:03 PM