#bad website design

[hindbodes]

Reblog to save a laptop Tumblr user’s life.

I am going to release this custom stylesheet so you guys can use it now. It removes a whole bunch of annoying things from Tumblr that sensible laptop users such as myself absolutely despise. One of them is the stickiness of the navbar, but it deals with one or two other problems too, which currently I don’t know how to explain because so much time has passed by since I wrote this code. I made it myself. I know it’s not perfect, but this code has spent the last twelve months making Tumblr’s design extremely way more tolerable for me. Without it I’d be suffering hard on this website.

Please note that this stylesheet’s removal of the navbar assumes that you use next/previous button page by page basis. The way it gets rid of the sticky header is going to cause bad synergy with your way of browsing Tumblr if you use “infinite scrolling”.

But it is fairly easy to edit the stickiness of the navbar back into the code if you do want that, if you’re willing to do a bit of brisk trial and error.

The issue is that Tumblr obfuscated its variable names by making them absolute gibberish. So you won’t find descriptive values in code like “main-navbar” or “annoying-piece-of-shit-recommendation-bastard” these days. You find absolutely counter-productive shit that’s designed to make your coding task hard. That’s why it has to be trial and error. I can’t remember which class is which.

This also assumes (for the time being) that you know how to use Internet browser plugins that mod the stylesheets of websites, such as Stylus. Personally I believe I can recommend Stylus. It definitely works in Firefox.

Code is below the break.

/*

.l-header-container{     position: absolute !important;   } */ .hlDot{     position: relative !important;   } ._3kR_{     position: relative; } .rllUD{     position: relative; } .QOMh2{     position: relative; } .Mw2UR{     position: relative; } .uuWZ2{     position: relative; } ._3kR_{     position: relative; } ._3kR_{     position: relative; } .uuWZ2{     position: relative; } /* .p4DiZ FMB1x{     display: none; } */ /* .uM3pd{     display: none; } */ /* .p4DiZ{     display: none;      } */ /* THESE WERE THE STUPID THREE MAGGOTS IN THE FEED. THEIR WORKING POINTERS HERE GOT REMOVED!

^ This is called a “comment” in computer programming, and in markdown languages. You don’t need to put this in your code if you don’t want it in there.

.p4DiZ.FMB1x{     display: none;      } .p4DiZ.FMB1x.vsJc9{     display: none;      } */ .ZaYRY{     display: none;      } .p4DiZ.FMB1x.vsJc9{     display: none;      } .So6RQ{ /* THIS IS THE POSTS IN THE FEED */   /*  display: none; */      }

[eyobis-andthe-bunnycats]

Yeah okay. How am I supposed to login if your dumb captcha doesn't load?

[ID: a login field with a captcha that is a broken image and nothing else. Red lettering underneath it says "Captcha is wrong, use Incognito mode if you use chrome." /End ID.]

[rankingbyseoindia]

This blog will provide an extensive list of the top 50 worst website designs of 2023, showcasing the most cringe-worthy and poorly designed websites on the internet. The blog will serve as a cautionary tale for website designers and developers, as well as a source of entertainment for readers who enjoy seeing the worst of the worst on the internet. For further details refer to this blog.

[rubyof-thesea]

tumblr are you fucking kidding me why are there bot posts in trending

[banditblvd]

Pixilart.com(I think) was fun to use :3

I’ve always been a fan of pixel art so I was pretty excited for this one and I’ve got to say I was not disappointed

I also got a little sidetracked when I found out it has an animation feature and I hyper fixated on this thing for a solid 1/2 hours

I needed the idiots to go to SEA

I needed them to touch the WATER

[spiderzlover]

These Splatfest tees are awkward💥💥

[tricksterlatte]

Anyone else think short form social media based on algorithms designed to promote topics that create more engagement instead of more joy, the idea of fast fashion but conveyed through social media, and the fact you can monetize suffering and outrage better than ever has largely resulted in the death spiral of media literacy and the mass emergence of bad faith readings?

[live-at-fortune-city]

canon vs fanon vs your design but for ashfur because it grasped me HARD last night...

[the-meme-monarch]

oh ok fun fact for me. tumblr will literally not let me edit my header? the text disappears when I try to on my ipad and it says it’ll destroy my coding if I try on my phone. i think bc i have a link in there

[letapollojusticesayfuck]

[PREV]

April 20, 2026: 10:30 AM

Instead of paying attention to the new witness, or in fact doing anything related to the trial, you once more pull out your phone and stare at the screen. There was something strange that you saw while you were updating your LinkedIn, and you kind of want to follow up on that.

You also want to follow up on how exactly your boss and Mr Wright know each other, but you're a little worried that pursuing that line of questioning might actually lose you your job.

Ultimately, you go for the immediately safer option and click on the gaudy ad in the top-right corner of your LinkedIn profile page. Is it just you, or does one of the people on the--you think it's an album cover--look uncannily like Mr Gavin?

Distantly, you hear the noises of the coutroom--somebody muttering in an exaggerated Russian accent; the banging of a gavel; assorted whispering and gasping. You're not paying attention to any of that, though--you're staring at the eyesore of a website that's occupying your phone screen.

The name of this band can't be a coincidence, can it? "Gavin" isn't a very common surname at all, and while the man who resembles your boss has much shorter hair and an outfit he wouldn't be caught dead wearing, there's no way they're not at least related.

But if Mr Gavin has connections to what seems to be a pretty established band, why would he never mention them? Who even are these people? Is their music any good? Who designed this website? You have to admit that your curiosity has left you with more questions than answers.

The urgent bang-bang-bang of the gavel snaps you out of your thoughts--what's happening in the courtroom? Hopefully nobody's noticed that you haven't been paying attention. You slip your phone back into your pocket and--

[ectonurites]

ghhhhghhghhghghhh i hate when things suddenly change the interface font. evil .

[princehendir]

I know that the creation of AO3 in the common "fandom history" narrative is generally held up as like, the glorious birth of a new better era for the subculture as a whole but honestly the more I think about it the more it feels like the beginning of the end for like, internet fandom as we currently conceive of it. lol.

[hindbodes]

"In America, he became a symbol of hate. In China, he spoke for millions of disillusioned young people left behind in the country’s rapid economic rise.

Like most internet memes, Pepe the Frog, an anthropomorphic frog with sad eyes and a dopey smile, crossed international borders and came to mean different things for different people.

In America, the cartoon character was used by alt-right groups during the 2016 presidential election to aid the cause of white nationalists. In China, he came to represent the frustrations of people living in a hyper-competitive and rapidly modernizing society. His name in Chinese is 伤心青蛙, the sad frog."

The self-loathing BoJack Horseman has struck a chord with China’s young and hopeless. / Photo: Sina Weibo

This meme portrays Bobby Hill, the son in the family sitcom “King of the Hill,” as the ultimate slacker. / Photo: Sina Weibo

[selfinflictedgunshotwound]

i cannot possibly understand extreme sex negativity or extreme sex positivity. like. there's no nuance the way you people do it...

[stoneyocean]

Stoney Ocean Performing Like Woah

Join the wave 🌊 Stoneyocean.com

[blessedcactus]

College has been going great for me!! Started on June 17th and with Resume work, finished SEO [two weeks] and my instructor has decided to give me lil projects to do since she said I'm quick learner and can learn more than she's teaching. I finished my first project which was recreating a website homepage! It took me 5 hours gktkt I'm very new to using Figma...also messed up a lot and learned a bit but I want to grow more! Gonna learn how to make icons and make sure to give it a proper lookover once more before sending it bc I left a random rectangle in a random spot 😭