The "M" Squad's picks for badly constructed sites
August 1997
Sailor Mars' Ultimate Sailormoon Page
URL: https://members.tripod.com/~SailorMars/index.html
Made by: Sheraye
Discovered by: Mamoru
Overall rating: 1.33 Pans
Why it's UGLY:
- Too many images on the main page(Read: SLOW loading time!)
- Strange arrangement of Text Links
- A couple annoying Javascript things
Positives about the site:
- Content, content, content! Very comprehensive
- Good interactive stuff, not just text and pics
- Helper links for Javascript and HTML
You know, I'm not too inclined to
give this site a horrible rating, because the content is just SO detailed
and everything is well-put together...except the main page, which gives
the first impression! Besides, this is the Ugly category, so we're going
by looks. *sigh* Well, I had to wait a long time for the homepage to
load, because of all the images that had to load! And while they do look
very nice, it's not so totally fabulous that it blows you away, and
if you have to wait that long, it probably should. And I don't really
understand the arrangement of the text links near the bottom. It's
kind of haphazard and chaotic. Maybe the creator wanted it that way?
I thought this page was a perfect example
of what we're looking to help out in the Ugly category. This site has
really good content going, and there's a lot of it! The only thing it
needs is to spiff up the exterior, so the whole package is pleasing.
The main page is loaded down with way too many graphics, and the loading
time is just too slow! The picture links are laid out nicely, but there's
just too many of them. (Mostly because there are so many different pages,
I would think) I have to give the creator credit though, because when I
first saw the page, I remembered her posting a comment to the effect of
"What was I thinking making this page so image-friendly?" so at least she
is aware of the problem! I would personally make an imagemap out of the
links, like one for the Senshi Information links, and another for the
other miscellanueos links. That, and straighten up the text links at
the bottom. It kind of looks like somebody just dumped them on the page
at random. And I would also ditch, or at least modify the Javascript
for the color-changing screen at the beginning. The way it is right
now, I was seeing spots!
I guess my sense of beauty is failing
this time, because I thought the site looked OK. It just took a millenium
or so to load! And rearranging those text links would be a good idea,
it would make the page look more polished. And the content is REALLY
good. I also thought it was very nice to include links for HTML help
and her old Javascripts. This kind of thing is exactly what a lot of
Sailor Moon site owners out there need right now! Nice site, just needs
a little bit of tweaking.