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September 30, 2005
Mills's Really Bad Designs
Hi:
Okay, here are some really bad examples of design from my own personal archive. I had to reload some of these because I'd taken them down long ago (thank goodness):
The oldest is a website from 1998 when I taught at Grinnell College.
Next on the list, in order of newness is a Western Civ syllabus from the fall of 1998 when I'd moved to Texas Tech. Some of the images are long gone from my site...sorry about that, you'll just have to visualize them in your mind...Notice the cool use of colors as you scroll down the page!
Worst of all--an online archive project I tried to do at Texas Tech in 1999. Note the frames!
Next comes another Western Civ syllabus from TTU. Note that attempt to get away from the straight down the page scrolling syllabus. I swear I had more images than just Chuckie Marx.
Next comes a freshman seminar syllabus. At least my images are getting more vibrant. But I'm still addicted to red/blue links.
Then I went through a very unfortunate black screen/white text phase.
I also tried a slightly annoying entry page for one syllabus.
Last, but not least are the more recent syllabi for my Western Civ and Eastern Europe courses. They're better, but still need a lot of work. What I really need is someone who knows what they're doing to clean up my act.
But, as I look back at the progress since 1998, it's not all bad.
Posted by mills at September 30, 2005 10:32 AM
Comments
Mills:
Hmmm...I personally think all of the failures from your own archives are spectacular as I wallow in self pity. However, I must admit I am becoming more interested in attempting to improve my own.
Maureen
Posted by: maureen at October 2, 2005 02:07 PM