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garda.ie finally gets revamp
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11-02-2009 12:12pm#1I started a thread several years ago about the Garda Site (which by then was already around for a long time). Robots.txt prevented it from being read by archive.org :rolleyes:
I checked it out a second ago and see that it has been reworked in the last few months and brought into the ninetys.
They are using aspx but all pages give javascript errors
I also note that each station still doesn't have an email address but this may be more to do with restricting internet access so youtube vids can't be uploaded by rogue gardai!
Anyone know the cost?
No mention of the new emergency number (0118 999 881 999 119 725 3) so that must be in the UK only!
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Well that's easy to remember!No mention of the new emergency number (0118 999 881 999 119 725 3) so that must be in the UK only!
The new site is an improvement, I guess, though unfortunately an "improvement" doesn't mean much of anything in this case and the site is still awful tbh.
"into the nineties" is right. Le sigh.0 -
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I'm not mad about their work on several levels (design and mark-up for a start) but I don't want to sound like I'm having a go at them... so I'll leave it at that.
I personally don't like their stuff, but, that doesn't mean it's bad. Design is subjective and mark-up is something everyone argues over time and time again.
I'm not in the business of knocking competitors, so I'll just say that they're stuff isn't that bad.I don't think they did the Garda site. If they did - may God have mercy on us all.
I'll reserve judgement until I hear it for myself!
Well that's your prerogative, but I'm not the type to make things up or spread rumours. Anyone that knows me here knows I'm straight up and don't talk ****e.
Follow my twitter and you can easily find out who made the claim. And to be honest, this guy probably knows exactly who it was, because he probably has something to do with the hosting of the site.TBH, most Web agencies do. In my eyes, you're "Ireland's leading web design agency" if the quality of your work is better than all your competitors. There are companies producing way better work than Fusio.
Yep a lot do and I HATE IT!!!! It's one of my pet hates. There are many other web design agencies in Ireland that are more cutting edge/leading than they will ever be, but they don't put that spin on it.... rant over
Anyway, until I hear that it was Fusio that did the site, I'll say nout more.
Do you want me to call you so you can hear it? Reading not good enough no?
By the way, why would I just pick Fusio if I was talking rubbish??? There are plenty of other web design agencies with a much higher profile.0 -
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I'm actually afraid to respond to this, because it's likely to go down to a completely different route than what the original post is about!! lol
But since I mentioned something, I think I should just clarify a few things.I've never agreed with this statement. Art is subjective. There's good design and bad design.Spot on! i didnt read the rest of the posts, but that is one phrase that really gets to me. Whether aware of it or not, good design follows strict principles to be appealing.
I completely agree - there's good and there's bad design, thats from a usable, person centred and accessible point of view, but in terms of graphic design, it's definitely subjective.That's not true at all. 1) A document marked-up cleanly with semantic, meaningful and accessible mark-up. 2) A document littered with nested tables, font tags, spacer gif's - nonsensical code soup basically.
Is there even an argument there? I can go into detail to the n'th degree and pick out what my problems are with Company X's design and code but I don't want this to turn into a baiting so let's not do that. We'll agree to disagree.
In this case I was referring to how techies always get into arguments over coding standards. In cases like your second point, I have issues. But the idea of standards for the sake of standards compliance is something I don't agree with. And accessible mark up is another days work altogether - really don't want to go there in this post.I'm not calling you a liar! I'm just saying that... I just find it hard to believe that a professional Web agency would produce that muck. That's all.
What defines professional? Because they have it on their website or because they emply people?Ah it's just your average marketing spin. "Donny's Car Rental - The Best in the Business. Trust Donny"
Yeah the only thing is if it were a TV advertthey wouldn't get away with it, but most companies are happy to do this on their website.... and it annoys me!!!Okay, so Fusio did it then. All I can say is that I'm shocked. They should be ashamed of themseves in that case.
We've produced some pretty shameful sites too - that is why I would defend them a little. Client driven sites end up being terribly poor. And if you have a difficult client, that doesn't have a clue, all you can do is deliver them the best serivce possible to their satisfaction. That way they'll come back for more!
There's another point not covered in all this. How much did the Gardai actually pay for this site? It surely would have went to public tender if it was worth over €5k.
How many professional companies would provide a proper website, with what looks like a custom CMS for less that €5k??0 -
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