> >>>> Maybe, but is it too much to ask for a description other > than "I love > >>>> the chandelier" for a > >>>> camera bag? Some decently sized pictures would be nice too. > >>>> Their website is better suited to Calvin and Susie's > lemonade stand than > >>>> a manufacturer who > >>>> wants to be taken seriously. > >>>> > >>> I have to agree. > >>> > >>> When I was buying bags, I'd always check out the > Crumplers, but the web > >>> site was annoying in every respect. > >>> > >> "Annoying" doesn't do it justice. I'm going to show that > site in class > >> today as an example of "How NOT To Design A Web Page." > >> > > Damn, and I thought you were going to give it an award. > > It might get one. I'm going to nominate it (if it hasn't already won
> this "award" already): http://www.webpagesthatsuck.com/dailysucker/ > they're bending over so far to be cool that they've disappeared up their own bags and turned themselves inside out. But perhaps it's a subtle way of appealing to the computer games generation. One view of a computer game is that it is a user interface which deliberately flouts the normal rules of usability, and rewards you if you succeed in a task. In this case the reward is you get to buy a 'cool' bag and your peers thereby recognise you as an advanced gamer. If you're an old fart you shouldn't be buying their bags anyway. Never heard of mutton dressed as lamb? Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
