From: "Sorceress" Reply-To: "Sorceress" To: "Anon Private" Subject: Re: Bad design Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 01:01:39 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: from [199.93.70.138] by hotmail.com (3.2) with ESMTP id MHotMailBE8E35BF001D4004378FC75D468A06C00; Mon, 22 Apr 2002 22:01:52 -0700 Received: from GODDESSY [172.168.198.153] by mail7.burlee.com (SMTPD32-6.00) id ABCB79600BE; Tue, 23 Apr 2002 01:06:19 -0400 From Sorceress@GODDESSY.com Mon, 22 Apr 2002 22:02:58 -0700 Message-ID: <002501c1ea83$f4a2cd50$99c6a8ac@GODDESSY> References: Organization: GODDESSY X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 You need glasses. The background is navy and the text is blue. You are no one but the old, ugly little Jew I met in Italy with Mario (who wishes you were Italian). Get a life and stop wishing you could be with me (or communicate with me) because not only are you are a troll, but you have too much time on your hands (when your small shriveled up dick is not in them jerking off thinking about me). Have a nice day! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anon Private" To: Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 1:50 PM Subject: Bad design > > Saw your site. You would think someone endevoring to make a business out of > web design would realize that blue text on a black background is REALLY hard > to read. > > BTW, I came to your site because it was mentioned in a column about truly > bad web design: > > "Look, Ma! I'm a Web Designer! > "Just because you have a knife doesn't make you a surgeon. Just because you > have a wrench doesn't make you an auto mechanic. And, just because you have > a computer, PhotoShop, a lot of time on your hands, and an Internet > connection doesn't make you a web designer. > > "Today, I came across one of the absolute worst "web design" companies I've > ever seen, some racket called Goddessy. I'm hoping that by the time you read > this, the link doesn't work and the site is gone forever. > > "For $2,000 for a small or new business, or for a mere $10,000 for a large > company with "a vast number of pages", this "web design specialist" will > "provide innovative and brilliantly composed ideas that will enable your > company or business to have a strong presence on the internet." More likely, > you will tear your hair out after having given any of your money to this > bozo. You'd get a much better design if you asked your neighbor's kid to do > the work and gave the $2,000 to charity. > > "Now, I'm not saying that richard's ramblings... is the best site in the > world, nor is it an example of my best work. While I intentionally am not > designing this for every browser, every computer, and have stated so, this > isn't site representing a business nor will it ever be. However, a > reasonable amount of thought and expertise has been incorporated into the > design, usability and architecture of the site. > > "Can you imagine someone asking for a Egyptian-themed business website, and > receiving a design such as the one I snapped off of Goddessy? This person > "guarantees perfection", and offers a "brilliantly created web site for your > company." Normally, all pictures on my website are in black, white and gray, > but I had to display this crap in all its colorful glory. To top it off, the > vomitous websites were created using Microsoft FrontPage, an obvious sign > that they needed massive help even spewing the code they managed to publish. > I also can't resist pointing out the "Our success is your success" quote; > isn't it supposed to be the other way around?! Well, maybe not, in this > case! > > "Don't assume because someone has figured out how to make a button in > Photoshop that they know anything about web design. The proverbial roomful > of monkeys have probably produced better website designs than "Sorceress", > the webmistress of Goddessy. > > "It's no wonder that the title of Web Designer is rarely viewed with respect > given that there are hundreds of thousands of these would-be "professionals" > out there. > > "*sigh*" > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: > http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx > >