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Kaufman’s Army & Navy – An Example of Bad Web Design For July 23, 2012

July 23rd, 2012 1:01 am by Vincent Flanders

Submitter’s comments: When I was a kid, these guys had tons of odd army surplus stuff in their mail order catalog. Somehow they didn’t make the transition to the Web.

Vincent Flanders’ comments: Let me paraphrase the New York Times’ comments: “Kaufman’s Army & Navy website is a musty, chaotic place.”

The home page is a needless Flash-Splash page that doesn’t show up on mobile devices and leads to another Flash-Splash page which autoloads the page we’re discussing. There’s no navigation, just one long page. One long page that doesn’t have any kind of selling proposition.

Kaufman’s Army & Navy

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Kit 80p · 662 weeks ago

Besides being one of the dreariest sites I have ever seen, this site sucks because it completely fails to help me find the odd little bit of militaria that I am looking for.

Your history may be interesting to someone, but not me, because it does not help me find what I am looking for.

A few pictures (or even a grainy video of 3 women cavorting in a bathtub - ok, that wouldn't help but it would be more interesting) would help me figure out what you sell, but there aren't any, so unless I read the entire site, I get no help in buying what I am looking for.

There does seem to be a common theme here, right? Start over, and let someone who knows what he is doing build your site.

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kingsnake · 662 weeks ago

Girls with guns would definitely help sell more stuff.

Anybody here also peruse http://clientsfromhell.net/ ? I look at the Suckers and think "potential client"! Then I realize the reason they've got the sites they do is because they are likely the type of client that site describe: One who advertises on Craig's LIst, and wants it all, but isn't willing to pay more than $100. (Total.)

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b2blogcom 38p · 662 weeks ago

I like that it at least is laid out to be in such a vertical format.

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Dave Barnes 75p · 662 weeks ago

What is the most important info for a retail store?
What are you? and What hours are you open?
This site fails at this. Oh, it is there, but the challenge is to find it.

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