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Amazon has got this weird thing with low-quality JPGs, and especially text-as-images for all their announcements. Every time they announce a new Kindle or somet
by apetresc 10y ago
Amazon has got this weird thing with low-quality JPGs, and especially text-as-images for all their announcements. Every time they announce a new Kindle or something, the front page becomes a giant image of a "letter from Bezos" with artifacts the size of grapes.
It's constantly surprising to me how sophisticated and careful they are on every single other aspect of their business, except for this one.
- ChicagoBoy11 10y agoIs there any chance that it could be intentional? Everyone knows Amazon's product page, for instance, is some of the most optimized real estate on the internet, I don't know any designer who looks at it and doesn't immediately want to start saying everything that is wrong with it. Could they, in this case, also be optimizing for something that we aren't considering?
- tkxxx7 10y agoPerhaps to signal affordability.
- __derek__ 10y agoSeriously. The testimonial block-quotes are images with meaningless alt text (e.g., "Testimonial 1"). They're clearly doing plenty of things right, but the inattention to detail and disregard for accessibility get my goat.