I will not ridicule those who just made their graduation site on frontpage with comic-sans and a yellow background, Instead I will show you the 10 crappiest sites of corporations that should have the best designs possible !
The companies below are filthy rich and they can definitely afford to spend on their website design which they clearly did not. Please don’t come running after me with lawsuits , you should be thanking me for reviewing your site for free.
Adobe
Yea ! that’s right - Adobe - The company that monopolizes the design industry has the worst designed website.
I have seen what Photoshop, illustrator and dreamweaver is capable of - I think Adobe needs to learn how to use them.
The website takes ages to load, and my core2duo processor was bleeding. The site is cluttered and don’t get me started on the navigation.
A company like Adobe should be able to design the best website possible using the technologies they own.
Go Daddy
WARNING !!! THE IMAGE BELOW HAS PROVED DISTURBING TO THE EYE AND MAY CAUSE BLINDNESS DUE TO REALLY BAD DESIGN. View at your own RISK!!.
This website is a nightmare, seriously. I have two domains which i manage on godaddy and its a pain.
It is torturous to use this website, the navigation is confusing , its so cluttered i could find a dime in an ocean faster than my domains on this site. Its ridiculously slow because of all the unwanted crap they show.
Try buying a domain on this site and you will be convinced why I call it “The NIGHTMARE”.
YouTube
Have you ever noticed how Unintuitive and Ugly youtube is, probably not, because its owned by the big boss of the net. Mr Google.
Well, its time to change things if you want to keep that resignation away.
W3C
“Leading the web to its full potential” - Really , with that design.
if they want to lead us to our full potential, they should try and exploit theirs first. The website looks very unprofessional and the borders make the website look like a table.
Hotmail
Do i really have to explain this one, it pretty much speaks for its self. This is probably the most annoying service i have used because my stupid friends used it, well i dumped my friends and got new friends who used G-mail. Who advertises their own company on their own website using a banner that huge [top right].
UBUNTU
Don’t get me wrong but i love ubuntu linux and open source software, now that ubuntu is gaining popularity, it gains responsibility, and its website really sucks. The picture of the desktop and server itself are very ugly. People expect much more from a website which distributes an operating system, because it reflects upon the operating system it self.
The gradients have been used inappropriately, and the layout does not guide the eye ultimately confusing a new user. I feel the website designer have considered the users to be experienced Linux users when clearly they are aiming home users who don’t have any technical experience. I think they need to simplify their website and remove clutter
ACER
Acer has done a good job with the content on the website, but have one of the worst design possible. It just looks yuk. There is not much wrong with the navigation but the layout needs a lot of work.
Sun Microsystems
I think a company so closely related to technology should consider hiring a better web designer. Even a kid would stay away from using that rounded rectangle with a gradient under the navigation [they have used it the worst possible way], and the search box has the worst styling possible.
HP
This is the most confusing one i have seen, the site doesn’t guide the eye and the user has no idea how to use the site to find what he wants. The site is not consistent through out and the width and alignment changes when you browse the site. I would have to say that the colors used on this site are very refreshing but the site is just huge with really bad navigation. Even the URLs are crazy.
Craigslist
I am lost ….im back ..
Well, without further ado - i present the craigslist makeover by ‘the big noob’ .
i think craigslist needs to get this design
just a thought, do you think google needs a redesign?
Now I am NOT saying that Google’s got the worst design, i just want to ask you if you think Google needs to work on its design. It has not changed much since it started out and i really love the simplicity but i feel there is more to simplicity than what google has achieved, it could use better and cleaner graphics. Their icons are not very consistent as some of them have a glossy look while others have the classic look.
Now most of you will disagree with the fact that Google could possibly use a redesign. I have valid reason to believe that Google can do better.
Take for example: If i were to tell you that Google when first started out [1997] needed a redesign, you would probably reply with the same reasons, that it is simple and doesn’t need to be any better.
Now the reason Google looks so much better today is because the company considered redesigning, if it wouldn’t have redesigned it would have probably looked the same.
THINK AGAIN!
