complicated simplicity

I happened to be surfing around when it occurred to me that I’m gonna be needing a lot of stuff when I return home. So I decided to compare prices to see if things would be cheaper here in London. Many people would be surprised, but the online market here in the United Kingdom has much much better offers than many places around the world.

My biggest nightmare was not the huge amount of information I got. It was the lack-of. I have never been to corporate site which is so bloody difficult to navigate. Welcome to SingTel’s website.

The search function sucks, even when powered by Google.

The singtelnamelogy sucks. Do you understand what all the terms in this page mean without clicking on the page? I have never been so frustrated trying to find information.

Try to see if you can find how much handsets cost. Try, go.

And what’s with all the bloody FLASH? Stop being flashy dammit and give me a good, easy to mavigate website that I can use my BACK button that is on my browser.

And I don’t even want to talk about the SingNet website. Oh please dear god, learn from O2, 3, T-Mobile. Everything I ever need from a telco is on the bloody front page. EVERYTHING.

Websites are meant to get you business, NOT SHOW OFF. The designers ought to be shot.