LymeNet Flash: Dr. Alan MacDonald (Researcher in Under our Skin) website is unreadable

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Posted by LLYME (Member # 18687) on :

So I was interested in the work Dr. Alan MacDonald has done after watching under our skin and went to his website only to find that it is virtually unreadable. My Lyme brain went on overload looking at it: http://www.molecularalzheimer.org/

I can not process anything on the site. There is just too much going on.

It's a shame, the guy seems brilliant but his website is um... I am speechless

Do you think he knows it is so bad, maybe he had a friend or something create the site?

The site needs to be done in a serial chronological order or by topic from top to bottom not side to side. As you get towards the bottom of the site it becomes slightly more readable but still an overload.

[ 04-19-2009, 02:19 PM: Message edited by: LLYME ]

Posted by northstar (Member # 7911) on :

I found the email within the page:

[email protected]

Maybe a quick email to suggest
a design that would
present more visually useful and
less distracting, graphics,
might help.

Northstar

Posted by charlie (Member # 25) on :

....YIKES

Wonder what that site looked like before the earthquake?? [dizzy]

Posted by gridmonster (Member # 19280) on :

Holy Cow. It looks like a software explosion.

Posted by Wonko (Member # 18318) on :

I agree, it doesn't look serious, just very busy.

It may be well intended, but I think a more calm, standard layout would look better and be easier to view.

Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :

northstar,

thanks for the email addy; i just wrote webmaster now and gave him all my suggestions on improving the site so it's legible, less busy; LESS COLORS, etc.

Posted by treepatrol (Member # 4117) on :

I liked it?
Sorry did anyone ever try blue blocker sunglasses here or even plain sunglasses?
They may help?

Posted by CathyMary (Member # 20071) on :

I too think it is too busy and lacks a professional look/feel.

I came across this site before and barely looked

at it so I didn't even recognize that it was

research by someone I would want to see.

I noted that on the site it states

"The Research support has been provided by

Turn the Corner Foundation, New York ,NY

and St Catherine of Siena Medical Center,

Smithtown, New York" Perhaps one of these groups

could pay to have a better web design. What do

people think? Would it threaten funding if I

asked?

Posted by seekhelp (Member # 15067) on :

That is the most ridiculously layed out website I've ever seen. OMG. What s shame as his work is supposedly the cornerstone of UOS. No one will comprehend any of it. [Frown]

Posted by treepatrol (Member # 4117) on :

As long as his research changes our and many peoples out come I dont really care what his website looks like I think he is just slapping his research in there quickly he probaly prett busy.
Hes on another website to it the hospitals where he works.

Posted by ping (Member # 6974) on :

Obviously a true Mad Scientist without Lyme infection. [Big Grin]

Wildman! He is my favorite of all the B. researchers. [bow]

Would be nice if they fixed the site so the highly infected could read it though.

ping
"We are more than containers for Lyme"

Posted by bettyg (Member # 6147) on :

have any of you tried writing, emailing, or calling him to report this? food for thought...

Posted by Keebler (Member # 12673) on :

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4/19: I emailed the web address from that link but never heard back.

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