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Review of Associated Press (www.ap.org) site
Whilst looking for some news story providers, I decided to check out the AP (Associated Press) site, www.ap.org. I was after some quick info about news story feeds/aggregation, and possibly some stock imagery.
What happened on my thrilling journey? What was their site like? I know you can’t wait to find out, really. It’s the only thing that’s keeping you going, isn’t it? Admit it. It’s fine.
Read my (admittedly brief) review here!
0This month’s Web Designer Magazine
It’s self-indulgent, but here you go: I’m in this month’s Web Designer Magazine (issue 163), delivering 100 words of carefully-crafted guff about my favourite worst website.
Web Designer Mag, Issue 163
Can you guess who’s it was?
0Similarities? clothingattesco.com vs schuh.co.uk
A short blog post for you this evening because I’m about to enjoy a cubic foot of brioche and custard.
Sites do occasionally end up looking like each other out of chance: this I accept. However, is it just me, or can anyone else see a similarity between the homepage designs of www.clothingattesco.com & www.schuh.co.uk ? Bar the colours, they look…familiar:
- The header is virtually identical in terms of logo placement and spacing
- Baskets & associated tools in the same place
- Top nav disturbingly similar in layout
- Right navs identical in size
- Email address signup in bottom right
Here’s some helpful comparison graphics for those of you who’re still unsure.
I dunno: call me cynical – or maybe my judgement is clouded with thoughts of brioche. What do you think?
2Image(factory) isn’t everything
In order to prove that I’m not obsessed with online shoe e-tailers, I’ve been on the lookout for other sites that are really crying out for a review…and I’ve been pointed toward Image Factory‘s site, a UK-based printing company owned by US print giant Quarto. So what follows, predictably, is…
A critique of www.imagefactoryuk.com
Perhaps naively, I thought a printworks would be chock-full of creative people who’d not let their company website look like the pavement outside an all-night takeaway. Was I right? Was I wrong? Read on and find out. I know you just can’t wait…
0Teamhell UK: Layout, design and customer service
Just a quick site review, since I’m off out in a moment! Yes, I do actually see daylight occasionally.
So, after my recent raft of shoe e-Tailer site reviews, I thought “Why break the habit?”. After unsuccessfully trying to find some specific trainers in the Schuh site, and subsequently finding further frustration on the Raw Shoe site, I found success on the Team Hell UK site.
I may as well call this The Unashamed Shoe Fetish Critique Centre, quite frankly.
A critique of www.teamhelluk.com
After a relatively choppy and truly tumultuous journey trying to find somewhere that sold what I wanted, I stumbled across what was an all-round good e-tail experience. Read on!
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