[LINK] Counter-productive bells and whistles

[Rick Welykochy]

Jan Whitaker wrote:
> 
> At 03:14 PM 29/10/01 +1100, Craig Sanders wrote:
> >my theory is that they got suckered by some slick salesman/consultant
> >(who, as it happens can't even make their own site work - it's flash
> >only and has broken javascript code appearing in the text of the main
> >page).
> 
> I don't always do it myself, but does anyone take the time still to tell
> the management of these organisations that they are no longer accessible
> and have wasted their money so they can demand it back for
> non-performance?  One would assume that a working product would be a basic
> requirement of any contract.

There seems to be a strong correlation (based only on experience) between
gTLD of the web site domain and the usefulness and accessibility of the
website:

   .edu      quick, simple and often plain old text (YEAH!); that is, once
             you get past the uni's marketing pages (BOO!)

   .org      almost invariabley downloads quickly and renders simply

   .net      not as reliable as .org, but still okay; now being overtaken
             by wannabe .com'ers, so is getting worst

   .com      usually a dog's breakfast of bells, whistles, slowness,
             with the misguided goal of "trying to impress"

The same go for the corresponding domains in .au


-rickw


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