The people behind the latest Cosmote banner campaign must be so, so proud. They managed to conceive the worst ad banner campaign ever invented. Yeah, even worse than the dancing baby one. Yay for them.
Notice the whiteness while browsing several mainstream greek sites? Think your computer is slow, your connection is slow, or your brain is slow? Look no further, it’s the Cosmote banner.
It hides (?!) the content of the page behind it, to make it look like your Internet is very, very slow. It advertises high-speed Internet cards, so it asks, oh so cleverly: Slow connections? Long loading times? Try Cosmote.
Oh. My. Friggin. God.
I can’t even begin to describe how many usability (not to mention federal and international and transgalaxian) laws it just stomps on. It friggin’ HIDES (forgive my caps) the content of a perfectly running and functional page, forcing you to think that your connection is slow, so hey, you need Cosmote.
We’re talking nonsense here. Whoever is behind it (I don’t know who, I don’t care if I know them) must be truly, madly, deeply ashamed. I can understand the ignorance of the people that approved it, but I cannot possibly see how a web advertiser in his right mind would ever propose something like that.
It’s the worst banner ever invented.
Oh wait…
No.
It’s definitely the worst banner ever invented.
cosmote, banner, sucks
Let’s face it: Apple.com is full of awesome design tidbits, here and there. It’s always a place where new web design ideas rise, leading to instant photo-copying all around the web.
When I was browsing the new “Get a Mac” ads tonight (check the Pep Rally by the way, I thought it was hilarious), I found out that a simple but clever way is used to denote “You are here”:
No extra images, borders around the previews, no strings, no nothing. They just make the preview look like a pressed button. I think it’s nifty. Do you?
apple, get a mac, video
Today marks the (re)launch of the well-known all-around tech site, Webmonkey.com. For those among you that are not aware of this site, go do your 1999 Internet homework and then come back.
To be frank, I couldn’t care less, but it stole one of my favourite blogs, Compiler, from Wired.com. And by stole I mean well, took back. So I had to unsubscribe and resubscribe. So yeah.
Well, by browsing around, the relaunch is not that bad after all. Some grid-iness and Web 2.0-iness around but nothing to write home about, plus, there some faults here and there that I’m sure they will be sorted out.
I liked the “directorified” headers (geekiness) and the warm colours. The menu is not bad either, simple and effective.
So head down there and shake mr. Web-2.0-Monkey’s hand. Not the one with the wrench, the other one.
webmonkey, compiler, wired, relaunch
