Worst Websites of the Year: 2012-2005
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Sites featured in articles like Worst Websites of 2010 often are redesigned, which explains why some sites mentioned in my articles don't match their current look. The Daily Sucker features current examples of bad web design which haven't been fixed (yet).
If you see a site that you think sucks, email the URL to me. No personal pages (personal pages are supposed to reflect the individual's personality and artistic freedom) or web site designers (it would look like a conflict of interest), or others of their ilk.
If I think there's some merit to your selection, I may post it along with some commentary. If you know of a site that qualifies, let me know.
November 22nd, 2010 11:11 pm by Vincent Flanders
Posted in Bad Business Practices, Daily Sucker, Twitter, Web Design, Worst Web Sites, You Should Read |
June 8th, 2010 9:09 pm by Vincent Flanders
The HTML 5 Test is a really cool site that tells you how much HTML 5 support is built into your browser. With Apple screaming “We have the best HTML 5 support” I thought it would be logical to visit The HTML 5 Test and see who’s the real winner.
I went on Monday, June 7, the day Safari 5 was released. I went back on Tuesday and discovered that the test had been revised. The original test had 160 possible points, while the current test (released on Wednesday) has 300. I’ve broken the tests down by New (300 point scale) and Old (160 point scale). The score does not include bonus points
| Score | Test | Points | Browser | Version |
| 72.33% | New | 217 / 300 and 10 bonus points | Google Chrome | 6.0.922.0 dev |
| 69.00% | New | 207 / 300 and 7 bonus points | Apple Safari | 5.0 (7533.16) |
| 65.66% | New | 197 / 300 and 7 bonus points | Google Chrome | 5.0.375.70
5.0.375.70 beta 5.0.375.55 |
| 46.33% | New | 139 / 300 and 4 bonus points | Mozilla Firefox | 3.6.3 |
| 46.33% | New | 139 / 300 and 4 bonus points | Opera | 10.60 |
| 42.66% | New | 128 / 300 and 7 bonus points | Apple Safari | 4.0.5 (531.22.7) |
| 12.33% | New | 37 / 300 and 0 bonus points | Microsoft IE | 8.0.6001.18904 |
| 10.66% | New | 32 / 300 and 1 bonus point | Microsoft IE | 1.9.7766.6000 Platform Preview |
| 07.33% | New | 22 /300 and 0 bonus points | Microsoft IE | 7.0.5730.13 |
| 88.75% | Old | 142 / 160 | Google Chrome | 6.0.922.0 dev |
| 86.25% | Old | 138 / 160 | Apple Safari | 5.0 (7533.16) |
| 71.87% | Old | 115/ 160 | Apple Safari | 4.0.5 (531.22.7) |
| 63.75% | Old | 102 / 160 | Opera | 10.60 |
Google can claim they beat Apple and offer better HTML 5 support, but that’s if you’re using the 6.0 developer version, which most of you shouldn’t be using.
Apple can claim they beat Google and offer better HTML 5 support with the current stable releases, which is probably a more accurate claim.
The truth is support is still pretty crappy. Speaking of crap, Microsoft’s IE 7 and 8 are POS when it comes to HTML 5. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know IE 9 is so much better, but nobody in their right mind would test it on their production machine. That’s assuming their production machine isn’t running XP because IE 9 won’t work on XP.
I’m too curious. I installed the IE 9 Platform Preview on my Vista laptop. IE 9 isn’t really a browser, but more of an HTML viewer. For one thing, you can install it alongside another version of IE. That’s really, really difficult to do in the real world.
As you see in the scores above, IE 9’s HTML 5 support is less than IE 8, but greater than IE 7. I’m not impressed. Here’s a screenshot showing the new, still limited support.
Posted in Bad Business Practices, Not a Daily Sucker, Software |
July 6th, 2008 8:08 pm by Vincent Flanders
I entered the following into Amazon’s search box: How Can I Talk If My Lips Won’t Move. Amazon said:
Your search “How Can I Talk If My Lips Won’t Move: ” did not match any products.
The only mistake I made consisted of one letter — Don’t instead of Won’t. I’m sorry, but that’s just unacceptable. I tried the same search at Barnes & Noble and Powell’s, but they couldn’t find the book. Oh, Borders gets it right. Why did I search for the title? I couldn’t remember the author’s name: Tito Rajarshi Mukhopadhyay.
BTW, it’s a great book about what it’s like to be autistic.
Posted in Bad Business Practices, Daily Sucker, Usability |
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