I Hate NASCAR.com
OK, I want to hear from people on this one because I really need to know if Im just crazy on this one.
Ill put it bluntly: I hate NASCAR.com. And Ive hated it for some time now.
By the way, I could put that magic little link to those words, NASCAR.com, on here, but I won't. I refuse to put anybody else through the misery I constantly endure there.
This is what I dont understand. Is there some group of tech designers out there convinced that the more junk you can fit on a page the better? NASCAR.com is busier than a 6-year old after a six pack of Red Bull.
I spend 2 minutes looking at the page and I feel like Im going to have a seizure. I know its NASCAR and NASCAR is all about a circus of colors and sites and sounds for everybody, but come on. The thing is like a big top on acid. My eyes are bugging out of my head. Does it really have to be that way? Whats wrong with simple?
And another thing, I hate any site that has videos that automatically open. If I want to watch the video, give me a link, Ill click on it. Theres nothing worse than forgetting the volume is up on your computer, going to NASCAR.com and suddenly having everybody in the office jumping out of their seat because it sounds like Jimmie Johnsons Chevrolet is coming down the hallway. Chill with the video.
The other thing, even sneakier than the automatic video, are the rollover ads. You know, those adds that do magically annoying things just by crossing over them with the cursor. Here's the deal, if I want annoying things to happen on my computer, they should happen after I've accidentally clicked on them with my mouse button. They shouldn't happen just because my cursor slid over them. Half the time when I rollover these things it freezes the whole site up. Someone needs to run over the guy that invented rollover ads. They are the banana peels of the old interweb and Im sick of the joke.
Yes, NASCAR.com has some redeeming qualities, unfortunately, whatever simple thing youre looking for demands first walking through the minefield that the site is. Next time Ill just go to Jayski.com (please, please, please, ESPN, dont ruin that one too).
Shawn Courchesne, 10:30 p.m.
