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Usable, schmoozable
by loiswakeman @ 18 Jan. 2008 - 13:26:53

"We create compelling, emotionally satisfying and above all highly usable interfaces for web, ecommerce, online campaigns, interactive TV and software applications." - from rawww creative agency's web site.

Hmm: are they quite sure about the usable bit? Or is it just me that finds mid grey on sludge hard to read?

rawww

To an old fogey like me, their page background is like returning to the 70s - so this week it's last century, dahling!

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The_WalrusThe_Walrus [Member]
http://www.doctor-dark.co.uk
18/01/08 @ 13:31

They do be stupi-i-i-i-d.

Not-HerneschaseNot-Herneschase [Member]
18/01/08 @ 20:40

Ugh - did John Major design it?

tylluanpenrytylluanpenry pro
18/01/08 @ 22:46

Or as my granny used to say - with some people all their taste is in their mouths! :yes:

sheilamoistsheilamoist [Member]
25/01/08 @ 19:16

Oh my, and I thought I was the only Grumpy Old Woman in the room!
I get SO infuriated by those arty farty backgrounds that make the foreground text illegible.
And by those radio/TV announcers who drop their voices at regular intervals during sentences so you miss what they are saying.
And, much as I admire her proportions, I wish someone would get Lorne Spicer to lower the pitch of her voice from total SCREECH to something like a pleasant contralto.
End of grump.
Love
Sheila xxx

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loiswakemanloiswakeman [Member]
http://lois.co.uk
25/01/08 @ 19:27

No dear - you are but one of many hundreds!

My pet hate is the ghastly strangulated accents of many (female) presenters and politicians - Kristina McGourty being one, and Ruth Kelly another. I always feel like I need to gargle after I've listened to them!

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