If you believe that people are beginning to gain a better handle on Web design techniques, you only need to stop by the Website mentioned below for a quick dose of reality.

Submitter’s comments: You’ve (rightly) mentioned manufacturing companies’ web sites as YAITS — Yet Another Industry That Sucks when it comes to web design. I can’t begin to list all the reasons why it is so bad but I can tell you that it has been a long time since I have seen a marquee used and if you can manage to locate the News you will see that it’s a little out of date.

Vincent’s comments: Well, the date (2003) at the bottom should be tell you everything you need to know. I’m one of the few “experts” who are against putting dates on articles. Here’s a perfect example of why.

We’ve got bad buttons, marquee tag, the page is too long, there’s no focus, the page is 700Kb, etc…. Source: Web Pages The Suck

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