This month's bad Web
style is...
CONSTRUCTION GIFs!
by I.B.
Cynical
You've seen it. That happy little construction worker shoveling that pile of...er, dirt. Who
made that original GIF anyway? It's been passed around more times than Madonna at a
fetishists' convention! Sheesh! I tracked down the guy that appears on the sign, and
apparently he hasn't seen a dime, either!
Come on, people. What's the matter with you? Do you think we're stupid? Of
course we know your page is under construction. If it wasn't, then the Web would be a
p-r-e-t-t-y boring place now, wouldn't it?
I know I'm always looking at people's pages, saying, "Hmmm...It says it's under construction.
That's odd. I just thought this guy meant for his links to go nowhere..." or "Under
construction? Well, geez...I'll just hafta add a bookmark and check back here every
day, looking for new excitement to pop up!"
Put a fork in it, people—it's been done!
Remember: "Only YOU can prevent Web sucky-ness!"
I.B. Cynical is actually Jeffrey M. Glover
(jmg@winternet.com). Jeff maintains the Top Ten Ways to Tell if You Have a Sucky Home Page,
the purpose of which is to show new users that those really super-neato ideas are not as unique as they
once thought they were! He asks only this: "Get creative, people. Be unique!"
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