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The image above is of a terrible website from some kind of religious group (found at http://www.dokimos.org/ajff/). Visiting the actual site, the viewer is stunned by a background that is not only jarring neon rainbow, but animated. The rainbow background scrolls to the right. A notification comes down from the top of the screen that says "click here" to save your eternal soul. The initial perception of the website is that it was designed by crazy people with no real goal besides somehow shocking the viewer so much that they follow whatever religion it is they are trying to advertise. The moving background is completely distracting and off-balance, making it almost impossible to retain any actual information from the page. Stress in the design is simple there, it does not really emphasize any one element of the web page. The page is certainly not level, and there is no attraction or grouping. Elements on the page seem to all be completely independent of one another. The background only becomes the negative object when the viewer's eyes are drawn to the black font in the center, the positive object. The title ("accept Jesus, forever forgiven") is almost the last thing one looks at because the bright orange 3D font makes it irritating to look at. The menu is almost impossible the read, and even harder to navigate. The negative and positive contrast is not visible enough. If the purpose of this site is to spread the word of their religion, they make it very hard and uncomfortable to try and learn more about it.
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