Web Pages That Suck

I started this site back in July 1996 so I wouldn't have to teach a class on Web design. Since I'm one of those extremely clever marketing folks, I chose a name that had marketing appeal and was edgy. I could have more accurately called the site "Web Pages That Have Problems" but nobody would remember and it's boring. I'm not boring.

The purpose of this web site is to help people design effective and aesthetically pleasing web pages. My methodology is somewhat different. I believe that if someone is exposed to bad web page design they'll be less likely to use these techniques in the pages they create.

People often commit the same mistakes over and over and over and over -- you get the point. By pointing out these mistakes, and being told that they are mistakes, you can avoid them when you design your web pages.

check out current examples of bad designThe Daily Sucker: Current Examples of Bad Design on the Web

I never expected the site to become as popular as it has and that it would lead to two books and another career.

When I wrote my books I thought I had covered every new sucky design technique. Unfortunately, people are very clever and invent new ways to suck up their sites.

With that in mind, the Daily Sucker features current examples of sites that have accessibility, usability, and regular design problems including ugliness.

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the only types of sites that can use mystery meat navigation are music art and movie sitesMystery Meat Navigation

If you have to mouse over a graphic to discover whether it's a link and where the link will take you, then you have what I call "Mystery Meat Navigation." This new, evil form of navigation has moved from trendy design sites to the corporate world and it must be stopped because it violates the first rule of navigation: clearly show people where to go.

The Mystery Meat article contains lots of examples of sucky sites.

bad web design is like a poopy diaperOriginal Web Pages That Suck circa 1996-1998

This is what originally made WPTS famous. Mostly 1996 to 1998 material but the topics are, for the most part, still valid.

If you want to see the current suckiness that's infesting the Web (along with some current examples of the bad old days), go to The Daily Sucker.

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