Comments on: A home for politics is a depressing place

By: Jennie

Jennie — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:47:35 +0000

@Alix: “And I *like* slightly gothy sci-fi geeks”

* blush *

You say the sweetest things

@ Sunny: if you’re on the board, point them towards The top ten mistakes in web design.

By: Aaron Heath

Aaron Heath — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:46:27 +0000

Hopi Sen? Sunny never stops picking the best of the blogosphere to contribute. As for PH. A'hem.

By: septicisle

septicisle — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 18:03:41 +0000

I’m getting a server error at the moment as well – not exactly a good sign after just a day.

By: Unity

Unity — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:10:24 +0000

Never mind the design, the site has just failed the most basic of all tests.

1. Visit Home Page

2. Hit the Discover RSS feeds options in Sage.

3. Wait for a bit.

4. Get a response – ‘no feeds discovered’.

5. Give it up as a bad job and go elsewhere.

By: Leon

Leon — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:28:03 +0000

I did tell them though that the design was awful.

What did they say?

By: Hopi Sen

Hopi Sen — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:56:04 +0000

Got to admit I got a kick out of seeing “a home fo politics is a depressing place” flash up on their blog linker thingy. I’m so childish sometimes.

By: Nick

Nick — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:55:32 +0000

“Why the hell is it black and green with shades of grey? It looks like they’ve transported a fourteen-year-old slightly gothy sci-fi geek through time from the mid-nineties to design it. And I *like* slightly gothy sci-fi geeks.”

I think it is meant to look a bit like Bloomberg news.

By: Sunny Hundal

Sunny Hundal — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:28:49 +0000

Full disclosure – I’m on the PH100 panel! And I think one or two of the other Conspirators might be too. I did tell them though that the design was awful.

By: Alix

Alix — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:01:49 +0000

Why the hell is it black and green with shades of grey? It looks like they’ve transported a fourteen-year-old slightly gothy sci-fi geek through time from the mid-nineties to design it. And I *like* slightly gothy sci-fi geeks.

By: QuestionThat

QuestionThat — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:56:07 +0000

I think bits of it will be useful (and stop me relying on the BBC website quite so much even though I loathe them!).

But the design is awful and I think the PHI 100 gimmick will go by the wayside in the end.

By: Nick

Nick — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:00:13 +0000

I agree. It makes me feel more than a little nauseous. Although I am not sure if that is due to the concept or the people. I had to remove Iain Dale from my RSS feed. Too much, too banal.