My freakin' eyes!
So tonight as I'm surfing the web, I got caught up in a wave of nostalgia for the Apple II. I found several useful websites: a2central.com apparently is the cream of the crop.
So as I'm surfing, I'm naturally drawn towards sites that sell used/new Apple II stuff. Now, I'm no HTML genius, and I don't claim to be the authority on web-page design, but I have to ask: what makes people with amateur web sites want to use colors that make me want to claw my eyes out?
Here are two examples: a price list for Apple II stuff from some guy in San Antonio, and another vintage computer store website. Cyan and yellow backgrounds are not by any stretch easy on the eyes. Maybe it's just me. And speaking of bad design, check out the "buttons" on this page. Trying to read these things is almost like a game. Maybe they animate slower if you're using an Apple II web browser. :)
So here's a tip to all the mom-n-pop web-based stores: if you're gonna sell stuff online, make it so your customers can actually read your site without being subjected to sights that could cause seizures.