September
25
wow. finally a workout I can do.
Laugh Your Abs Away Exercise Video (via Youtube)
Archive for September, 2008
September
24
Today GoDaddy unveiled a redesign of their homepage. It’s incredibly “web2.0″ with a whole bunch of slick gradients. Too bad it’s like 5 years too late. We use GoDaddy quite a bit for domain registration (matter o’ fact, I personally bought 2 domains last week) so the Need for a redesign was quite apparent (view the waybackmachine). However… this one is a couple french fries short of a Happy Meal.
I’ll start with the cons:
Cons
- It’s still a complicated mess. A cluster-[insert 4 letter word here]. At one glance I can’t find anything I want to… except Danica Patrick. Who is hott/hawt/xxxHOTxxx, but NASCAR Indy doesn’t make me want to buy a domain.
- UPDATE: After looking at the code again, I noticed it’s a TABLE LAYOUT! SINNNNNNERRRRR!
- The rounded corners are doing nothing. Rounded corners are supposed to sooth the reader and the content into place, make it “feminine” if you will.
- The <title> tag doesn’t even have the company’s name in it. Granted this may be a GOOGLE HAXX, but it’s generally assumed you should include the Company Name in there.
- A brief look under the hood exposes a conundrum of inline CSS, bloaty non-obfuscated javascript, and (according to Safari’s Web Inspector) 11 Errors.
- I get Dale Jr. and Danica, but I don’t know who Amanda and Candice are and/or why I should choose them to help me buy a domain. I’m pretty sure they’re strippers.
Pros
- Danica Patrick is hott/hawt/xxxHOTxxx(?)
- The login form is more accessible than it was before. Good Job Go Daddy!
I think ultimately what the redesign actually should have done is put a HUMONGOUS “$1.99 DOMAINS! SEARCH HERE” and had a large input box for me to look for domains… since that is always my first step in buying a domain. They could of even had Danica or one of those hot stripper girls pointing at it.
I think I’m done here. Good try, godaddy, better luck next time! I’ll still use your services though.
September
24
Paravel Design has joined the Marble Falls Chamber of Commerce. Whorray! We’re official! We’re legit! Our plan for world domination continues. Seriously though, Marble Falls - we love you.
Feel free to stop by and see us at the Paravel HQ
September
24
At paravel design, we occasionally find some time to play some wii so we were thrilled to see such a brilliant ad for our favorite console.
September
23
I wish i could say thing at Paravel were like this. I have a cat that sits on my desk. Maybe i could make a video about that.
