[ILUG] Worst Irish website competition

[Kae Verens]

On Wednesday 23 February 2005 19:59, Justin Mason wrote:
> Well, I think it's a great idea!
>
> One tip: don't make it Linux-specific.  Make it an issue of those websites
> being panderers to a Windows-only, IE-only monoculture (and the viruses
> and malware that encourages).  Mac users, via Safari's KHTML basis, are
> equally annoyed by this behaviour.   Non-IE Windows users even have
> trouble, too.
>
> Another idea: worst web design company ;)   I'm sure there's quite a few
> irish sites designed by the same companies, with the same lazy IE-only
> design, and they deserve to be embarrassed since they should know better.

I think I'll keep clear of this one. I'm obviously biased, in that I work for 
a web-development company. I would /not/ like to start a designer-bashing 
thread.

I think that the only "contendants" for this kind of competition should either 
be sites of public office (where it is their legal duty to be accessible), or 
sites that have volunteered to be criticised.

Criticising a non-volunteer could be seen as slander, if the criticiser is in 
the same professional field, so that could be another reason not to join in 
(for me, at least).

If it's an anonymous vote, though, out of a list of sites, then I might play 
ball :)

-- 
Kae Verens
lead programmer for http://webworks.ie/
kverens at webworks.ie dev at webworks.ie kae at verens.com