The thedailywtf.com was a simple/basic web site with almost acceptable UI but did its job pretty well.
Now, after the "Upgrade" process I believe it become a "Case Study" for the WTFs we create as developers and it deserves a proper front-page article.
Until then, I will start listing here the issues I found that they make me want to scream out loud!!!!
Please, extend the list with your own thoughts
- There is no indication that something is happening and the web site is changed or upgraded when you start the navigation from the front-page (thedailywtf.com, you are clueless before the crime)
- You constantly switching between two totally different web sites/layouts that do not have any "visual", "informational" or navigational relationship between them and no explanation is presented somewhere (thedailywtf.com and what.thedailywtf.com).
It's like you start traveling from Paris to Rouen,
Then in the middle of the drive, you stop for coffee and you realize you automagically stopped at New York!
After you accepted the idea that you are in New York, you continue your trip again and you suddenly realize that you are in Valencienne! You don’t know each time you click a URL where you will land and why!
- The Threaded comments make no sense; replies in the comments appear inline in the initial comment and then appear again as main comments!
- The aesthetic of the new layout is just ,,, an aesthetic ... not necessary applicable to a web site that you need to READ and NAVIGATE between ARTICLES or POSTS. Its too trendy for my taste or for my age or for both. (trendy: i need to spend brain cycles to understand what i'm looking at)
- The forum ENDLESS pages. This is one of the things i hate, especially in a mobile browser. ... you are in post 357 and you found you need to go to read the post 30 ... you are helpless.
From 1990 to 2000 they spend millions in universities to find how the UI should work, then from 2008 to 2010 they forgot everything and the stupidity of every "senior" designer/developer/manager become the new standard. The standards now last 6 months. Like the javascripts frameworks that are everywhere know. Js in the server side. how long will last? Does anyone remember the old times where we used (not me) Jscript in the server side instead e.g. of vbscript for classic asp web pages? History repeat it self.
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More to come later … I'm to frustrated to think more about it!
I lost the fun reading the thedailywtf every morning! It makes me angry for the rest of the day.
EDIT: WTF added
PS: Now i see what you say about the Discourse editor. First approach was: write the text in the MS Word and copy paste here. Worked for the initial post! I tried to edit the post to add a wtf. I regret every second!!