Now I am the last person who should be talking about website design considering the current state of this blog, but it is still a work in progress. That being said I would like to have a look at the current state of the candidates websites in order to determine which website follows the best practice of simplicity. On face value, I have to say that I like Senator Obama’s website because it is clean and simple without a flood of content unlike the other two candidates who seem to have crowded their webpages with all sorts of useless junk. First let us look at Senator McCain’s webpage:
I have to say it looks like a very action orientated website with lots of talk about his healthcare plan while also taking snipes at the democrats. Seriously though, McCain must really be lacking press coverage to put a link on his site “Get the latest from the straight talk express.”. A quick look at Senator Clinton’s website:
You know what, I think I have come to the conclusion that whoever designed the Clinton website must have more than two eyes because it took me 5 minutes to find where I wanted to go. Even from the thumbnail, you can see the exhaustive detail on the site but Hillary doesn’t focus on the issues here. The first thing you see on her site is her need for money, maybe those Debtors are starting to get a little irritated considering she made $10 million in 24 hours after PA and probably hasn’t paid anyone yet. A quick look at Senator Obama’s site:
The irony of this situation is that Senator Obama’s website does not ask for Money overtly like the Clinton website but it keeps things simple focusing on his main message of change while encouraging people to get involved. Therefore for all that it is worth, I hereby grant Senator Obama’s site my personal meaningless award for best website design :).
