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Ok, who got drunk and designed SpyMac?
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Severed Hand of Skywalker
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Feb 28, 2005, 03:01 PM
 
I almost never visit this site but just went for shits and giggles. I don't know when this happened but SpyMac must be the most horribly designed Mac website on the web. Totally cluttered with tons of useless information and intrusive banner ads.

http://www.spymac.com/

Looks like it was put together but some eurotrash teenager.

Oh and a drunk one at that

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Feb 28, 2005, 03:05 PM
 
I think the design there is an accurate representation of the quality of posts since most seem to be stoned/drunk/retarded eurotrash kiddies anyway.

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Feb 28, 2005, 03:19 PM
 
While I wish MacNN would upgrade this forum a little, I would rather stick to the quasi-outdated current version as compared to the "graphic designer on steroids" theme going on over there.
     
Severed Hand of Skywalker  (op)
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Feb 28, 2005, 03:24 PM
 
Originally posted by mitchell_pgh:
"graphic designer on crack cocaine"
Fixed.

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Feb 28, 2005, 03:25 PM
 
You can most likely bet your hindquarters that none of the people involved in designing that site are old enough to legally consume alcohol.
     
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Feb 28, 2005, 03:32 PM
 
I mean those giant buttons on the side are ridiculous. So is the digest of forum topics all over the place.

The site seems more oriented around creating hype. The iWalk for one and than that stupid movie trailer they put out for the launch of their new site.

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Feb 28, 2005, 03:33 PM
 
Originally posted by effgee:
You can most likely bet your hindquarters that none of the people involved in designing that site are old enough to legally consume alcohol.
So? I consumed quite of bit of booze before turning 21, thank you.

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Feb 28, 2005, 03:37 PM
 
Originally posted by Randman:
So? I consumed quite of bit of booze before turning 21, thank you.
Did you design horrible websites than also?

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Feb 28, 2005, 03:46 PM
 
Originally posted by Randman:
So? I consumed quite of bit of booze before turning 21, thank you.
**swoosh**
(A, puzzled:) "Huh?"
(B, giggeling:) "Nevermind."

T'was a reference to the legal drinking age in many European countries - but I don't really feel like explaining/typing tonight.

     
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Feb 28, 2005, 06:31 PM
 
WTF? what a nasty front page. Ick.
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Feb 28, 2005, 06:46 PM
 
yeah, spymac sucks as a forum, but the free webhost has revolutionized my forum experience. 100mb max upload, seemingly unlimited storage size.

i have about 700mb of stuff on my spydisk and have never gotten anything about bandwidth usage.

how do they afford themselves?
     
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Feb 28, 2005, 06:50 PM
 
Originally posted by d4nth3m4n:
yeah, spymac sucks as a forum, but the free webhost has revolutionized my forum experience. 100mb max upload, seemingly unlimited storage size.

i have about 700mb of stuff on my spydisk and have never gotten anything about bandwidth usage.

how do they afford themselves?
by clever design meant to insure maximum publicity for their banner ads.

     
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Feb 28, 2005, 08:25 PM
 
One word: "yuck!"

One impression: "horrible."

One lasting thought: "never, ever use, or even visit that site again."

Yep, web design sure does have results! And it looks like those results are pretty consistent here.

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Feb 28, 2005, 08:28 PM
 
4 columns?


4 columns! baahahaha

Nothing I love better than reading content in a skinny rectangle.
     
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Feb 28, 2005, 08:30 PM
 
http://www.spymac.com/gallery/show_p...p?picid=359149



I've posted a total of four times on their forum, and about twenty or so times on their gallery. Posting **** took forever. I don't know why I ever did. I hate that site.
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Feb 28, 2005, 09:30 PM
 


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Feb 28, 2005, 09:40 PM
 
i go to look at setup pics sometimes.
http://www.mafia-designs.com
     
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Feb 28, 2005, 09:48 PM
 
I remember registering to post & make fun of the iWalk, but I think they deleted my posts or restarted the forums from scratch since then.

Anyway, yeah, bunch of crackheads.
     
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Mar 1, 2005, 07:45 AM
 
Originally posted by effgee:
**swoosh**
(A, puzzled:) "Huh?"
(B, giggeling:) "Nevermind."

T'was a reference to the legal drinking age in many European countries - but I don't really feel like explaining/typing tonight.

And other places in Europe, the legal drinking age is 18 - with quite a lot of car accidents to follow
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Mar 1, 2005, 08:05 AM
 
lots of pictures

just like in children't literature
     
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Mar 1, 2005, 12:41 PM
 
Originally posted by NYCFarmboy:
by clever design meant to ensure maximum publicity for their banner ads.
Fixed.
     
   
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