Ok people, I know you’re not web designers, but let me share a couple secrets with you..
1) The purpose of a web page of any kind, even one on MySpace.com is to be read. Therefore, putting light grey text on a light grey background doesn’t work. (The same goes for putting text over a background image where the color of the text and the colors of the image intersect.) It’s ridiculous how many MySpace pages out there are simply unreadable because of background or color choice. You can’t tell me you don’t notice it. Have you ever tried to read your own MySpace page? You must have noticed that every other work blends into the background. Come on.
2) Somewhat related to #1, even with good color and background choices, a page can be made unreadable by another MySpacer mistake : the overloading of a page with plugins, slideshows, images, videos, and audio(music). If my dual-core Intel processor starts to choke simply by browsing to your MySpace page, you might want to thin out your content a little. Hell, I’ve come across several pages that by simply trying to scroll to a part of the page has a delay of 5-10 seconds or more on it. K.I.S.S. Really, less is more. Again, you can’t tell me you haven’t noticed. If my computer screeches to a halt, so does yours.
So there you have it. Another MySpace gripe. So why the hell am I even on the thing you ask? Well, it’s kind of a necessary evil. I’m a blog guy, as you can see since you’re reading this, but I have many a friend that only use MySpace. If I want to keep up with the happenings in their lives, it’s off to MySpace I go. Also, MySpace is really handy for contacting people you’ve been out of touch with for a while. That doesn’t mean I’m not allowed to complain about it’s crappy UI, and some of the ugly pages I’ve come across. 😉