Comic Sans? Really?
Edit: To those downvoting, yes, I saw the footer. This doesn't excuse their childish behavior. I will not be donating to this project if this is the level of seriousness they have for it.
Edit: To those downvoting, yes, I saw the footer. This doesn't excuse their childish behavior. I will not be donating to this project if this is the level of seriousness they have for it.
A) In the smallprint: "This page scientifically designed to annoy web hipsters." (Mission accomplished)
B) Make it obvious that this is a temporary site (In case the disclaimer wasn't enough)
And if you really want to see the lengths they went to to annoy web people, look at the source
Oh, and while we're at it, the OpenSSL page [0] isn't much better visually speaking. Would you donate to them to make OpenSSL better ?
It's not all just window dressing; a pleasant, professional website will help to attract more attention and resources.
> This page scientifically designed to annoy web hipsters. Donate now to stop the Comic Sans and Blink Tags
And if that's supposed to promote donations... (?!)
Ask yourself if a founder dresses as a clown to get funding.
If these people are prepared to take this on, then they can use whatever fonts they bloody well like. As a web hipster, I will pay them for punishing my hubris.
Having said that, I can't seem to find a browser in which the blink tags actually, er, blink. Did all the vendors shitcan it on the quiet? I think we should be told.
[1] https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/23.0/releasenotes/
[2] http://www.jwz.org/blog/2013/08/a-light-has-gone-out-on-the-...
(Wonder if marquee still works. EDIT: yes, it does. Thank the lord for that.)