Good Sites
Most online dictionaries are not very useful for a more advanced user but I really love this one. Eurodicautom has an incredible collection of technical terms in 10 European languages. It is very easy to use, fast and it contains terms that are hard-to-find or not included even in comprehensive technical dictionaries.
This is a concise but useful packet of HTML that you can print out for your reference without having to print out each chapter separately. Other nice features are the options to print the document out as a PDF version and to view the document in parts.
Ateneum - The Museum of Finnish Art
The site shows the works of core Finnish artists conveniently at one site. You can view works from a certain time or style period, an artist's whole production or individual works. The interface is very clear and simple, and the information is presented in a well-organized manner.
This site looks good and the content is very interesting. The layout is just right, not too crowded. Pictures serve to support the content and to highlight the feature articles.
A well-organized and visually pleasing site which offers good advice on how to present information on the web.
Bad Sites
This HTML tutorial site is very good if one can actually do all the 23 lessons on a computer in the order given. The reason for my placing it under bad sites is navigation problems within the site. The whole tutorial and especially the introduction are incredibly wordy, and important links are hard to find among the text and less important links. Also, this tutorial is unsuitable for printing out as one would have to print each lesson separately with a lot of unnecessary, recurring elements at the beginning and at the end of the lessons.
Texas Exes On-line : University of Texas Ex Students' Association
Seems like the little images were the most important thing and not the content. I would like the first page to contain more information about the association and what they do.
This site has been a source of great frustration to me. The pictures take too long to load and, what is worse, when you have made your choices and are ready to proceed to the payment section, the system very frequently forces you to close Netscape due to an 'illegal operation' and you have to start from the beginning.
The Official Dallas Cowboys Web Page
There is some good content here but is hidden under too many gimmicks. The first page is basically a large image without any information, and so is the second page and the third... Slip users like myself just do not have the patience to wait that long.
This page is too busy with too many different links on the first page.
Last reviewed September 5, 1997.
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