Wednesday, August 26, 2015

The Good, The Bad, The Poorly Designed (Part IV)

Then and Now


In 2005, webpagesthatsuck listed SCSF as one of the top 10 worst sites of the year and for good reason. Upon log in, you're nearly confidant that you'd accidentally clicked on a pop up ad and the site you're looking for must be in the window behind the ad. 

No. This pop up ad is indeed the site you're looking for. 

Nearly as disorganized as a preteen's Myspace page, you're immediately assaulted with a barrage of primary colors, mismatched fonts and a solid black background. The experience was almost like being screamed at in a foreign language - all you can do is stare at the person yelling and attempt to decipher the meaning of the words by their body language and gestures. 

Fast forward  a decade and ladies and gents, we've dropped that Myspace page and moved on to Facebook! As you log on to the page it's blissfully serene with respect to colors, fonts and outline. The content (while still slightly cluttered) is much more organized and there's a general flow to the page. 

SCSF circa 2005 

SCSF circa now

While not the cleanest site you'll find today, it certainly is leaps and bounds beyond what it had been. Well done, SCSF!

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