Re: UKNM: Poor web site design

[Duncan Clubb]

Paul Douglas wrote:


> Duncan Clubb wrote:

> >

> > Paul Douglas wrote:

> >

> > > Jo Chipchase wrote:

> > > > You could perhaps say the same for website awards (e.g. Yell).  I bet Joe

> > > > > Public would make *very* different selections to the new meeja folk who

> > > > > decide who to nominate... heh heh.  :)

> > >

> > > Then Duncan Clubb wrote:

> > > > Good point - in fact, take a look at the Yell 'Internet mag readers award'

> > > > nominations and see if any of them appeared in any other category!  Having said

> > > > that, the nice new meeja folk gave us two nominations, so I'll shut right up now.

> > >

> > > So what's your opinion on the Web design of the overall winner (UK Web

> > > Site of the Year)?

> >

> > I'm not sure my opinion is that relevant - after all, the Yell awards are not meant to

> > be about design alone, but about a site meeting a whole plethora of objectives of which

> > design is only one.

>

> <snip>

>

> "The judges were given a list of criteria on which to mark each site

> including overall design, [and] ease of use..." - Eddie Cheng.

>

> That's why I was asking your opinion - as the judges must have felt that

> Birds in a Cheshire Garden surpassed other entrants. skiclub.co.uk, for

> instance.


OK, point taken.  Personally, I think that the judging decisions were either spurious or

obvious to the point of being cliched.  By stating that this is the very best of the best of

UK web sites, they are either trying to make a statement about the crapness of the UK web

industry (although they went to great lengths to say how great we all were), or they were

trying to make some sort of bland attempt at 'democratising' the web design thing (i.e. you

don't have to be big to be good).  Although winning awards can do wonders for my marketing

efforts, it is not how I measure our own success - I'd rather rely on my clients and their

clients/users for that.  And, to be honest, I was surprised that we even got highly

commended, as the thing that should win us our accolades was not visible to the judges!


Aye

Duncan



>

> Paul


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