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Sat 14/05/05 at 22:00
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"Chavez, just hush.."
Posts: 11,080
You would have thought that if a company is pretty big they'd have a decent site right?

Nope.

[URL]http://www.costco.co.uk/[/URL]

"Hmmmm, lets stick a 200kb thumbnail sized image on the homepage, plus lets not actually bother resizing it properly and just use the tags to do that job instead."

Monkey_man, if you're looking for freelance work it may be an idea to email Costco! Sort 'em out! Please!
Wed 18/05/05 at 11:45
Posts: 15,443
Our uni dept. used to have the worst look in a website ever. Since its merger it's had a massive makeover.
Wed 18/05/05 at 11:40
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"Lisan al-Gaib"
Posts: 7,093
Cong_Man wrote:
> Umm, I guess I should say I had nothing to do with the actual site,
> worked as a shop assistant for one of their store, just to earn a bit
> of dough when I was a student...

Uh huh.

Nah, I believe you. :D
Wed 18/05/05 at 11:38
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"..."
Posts: 9,808
Umm, I guess I should say I had nothing to do with the actual site, worked as a shop assistant for one of their store, just to earn a bit of dough when I was a student...
Wed 18/05/05 at 11:35
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"Lisan al-Gaib"
Posts: 7,093
Cong_Man wrote:
> Not as bad, or as big a company as those already listed, but with a
> website like this, I'm ashamed to say I used to work for this

*Ouch*. Nice site. :D
Wed 18/05/05 at 11:32
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Not as bad, or as big a company as those already listed, but with a website like this, I'm ashamed to say I used to work for this company...

Nice 'squashed' pictures...

[URL]http://www.tradexnow.com/[/URL]
Tue 17/05/05 at 15:55
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"Lisan al-Gaib"
Posts: 7,093
phi11ip wrote:
> You would have thought that if a company is pretty big they'd have a
> decent site right?
>
> Nope.

That "open" image on the right is half a meg, never mind the 200kb one.
Sat 14/05/05 at 22:13
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"Pouch Ape"
Posts: 14,499
This one's pretty bad: [URL]http://freeola.com[/URL]

So's this one: [URL]http://www.google.com[/URL] - I've e-mailed them offering my services. Maybe they were waiting for someone to do that? Or maybe the point is that sometimes looks don't matter (it's the girth!)
Sat 14/05/05 at 22:04
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"Pouch Ape"
Posts: 14,499
[URL]http://www.boots.com/[/URL]

I've actually done a site to replace another site done by the people that did this monstrosity. In some places the logo squishes up.
Sat 14/05/05 at 22:00
Regular
"Chavez, just hush.."
Posts: 11,080
You would have thought that if a company is pretty big they'd have a decent site right?

Nope.

[URL]http://www.costco.co.uk/[/URL]

"Hmmmm, lets stick a 200kb thumbnail sized image on the homepage, plus lets not actually bother resizing it properly and just use the tags to do that job instead."

Monkey_man, if you're looking for freelance work it may be an idea to email Costco! Sort 'em out! Please!

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