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Forget flat design. Design in a 1995 style for full impact

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Re: Forget flat design. Design in a 1995 style for full impact

#31

Post by kephra »

w-hat are they doing wrong?

http://www.lingscars.com/ redirects to http://www.lingscars.com/_donotsteal.html

Firefox (NoScript) shows:

The page isn't redirecting properly

Iceweasel has detected that the server is redirecting the request for this address in a way that will never complete.

This problem can sometimes be caused by disabling or refusing to accept cookies.

Lynx shows:

lynx http://www.lingscars.com/

Looking up www.lingscars.com Making HTTP connection to www.lingscars.com Sending HTTP request. HTTP request sent; waiting for response. HTTP/1.1 302 Found Data transfer complete HTTP/1.1 302 Found Using http://www.lingscars.com/_donotsteal.html Looking up www.lingscars.com Making HTTP connection to www.lingscars.com Sending HTTP request. HTTP request sent; waiting for response. HTTP/1.1 302 Found Data transfer complete HTTP/1.1 302 Found

lynx: Start file could not be found or is not text/html or text/plain Exiting...

Re: Forget flat design. Design in a 1995 style for full impact

#34

Post by Hello71 »

kephra wrote: post #31

w-hat are they doing wrong? http://www.lingscars.com/ redirects to http://www.lingscars.com/_donotsteal.html Firefox (NoScript) shows: The page isn't redirecting properly Iceweasel has detected that the server is redirecting the request for this address in a way that will never complete. This problem can sometimes be caused by disabling or refusing to accept cookies. Lynx shows: lynx http://www.lingscars.com/ Looking…

https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:www.li...

Re: Forget flat design. Design in a 1995 style for full impact

#35

Post by beeneto »

I can't link to it now because the site is down, but lingscars has a PDF of 'web design tips' where she explains the design and gives tips on website design. She's obviously got an eccentric public image, and the design tips document is a bit of a joke, but the design here was a deliberate choice to differentiate the site from competitors, make potential customers feel less intimidated and more socially involved. There was even a webcam of the office with a button which apparently played a song in the office when you pressed it.

The business is also doing very well.

Re: Forget flat design. Design in a 1995 style for full impact

#36

Post by C1D »

barbs wrote: post #24

MSY, a popular computer parts store in Australia, has always had a pretty dodgy-looking website. http://msy.com.au/

They're probably the most popular PC parts store in Australia (I've bought from them), yet it looks like they couldn't afford to upgrade their site template they created in 1997.

Re: Forget flat design. Design in a 1995 style for full impact

#37

Post by claudius »

sp8 wrote: post #21

I present you http://www.fabricland.co.uk/ - real shop (with a branch near me) and actually a pretty good place, just with a hideous (and genuine, as far as I can tell) web site.

Take note of the white ‘sample’ written over the VISA/MasterCard pictures.

Re: Forget flat design. Design in a 1995 style for full impact

#38

Post by kephra »

Hello71 wrote: post #34
kephra wrote: post #31

w-hat are they doing wrong? http://www.lingscars.com/ redirects to http://www.lingscars.com/_donotsteal.html Firefox (NoScript) shows: The page isn't redirecting properly Iceweasel has detected that the server is redirecting the request for this address in a way that will never complete. This problem can sometimes be caused by disabling or refusing to accept cookies. Lynx shows: lynx http://www.lingscars.com/ Looking…

https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:www.li...

webcache - so this site worked - and went down by a Hacker News DDoS of only 31 points (3100 visitors) in 56 minutes.

/me sings http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY0WxgSXdEE

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