http://www.webpagesthatsuck.com/the-worst-web-page-in-the-world/ on 2006-08-26
an example of bad web design — an appearance that depends on its fixed width
Page information
Web Pages That Suck -- learn good Web design by looking at bad
design
Assessment
This page is a showcase of appalling websites, rather like itself.
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That's a title? The description is actually shorter! It also has an out-of-context trailing colon.
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font-size: 70%is applied to<body>, then it's set to1.1emlater, so that comes to 77% of the user's default. -
A fixed width is applied to the
<div>encompassing all content. -
Navigation also has a fixed width.
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The border separating navigation and content depends on the fixed width.
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When you turn CSS off, navigation comes first. The main content is a whole screenful further down.
It's a candidate for its own prize.
Update! — 2008-04-19 — The font-size setting is now only 0.9em; not perfect, but somewhat better! The title is
still vomitous, but most of the other problems seem to be have been
lessened or dealt with. Good!
