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Comment by boomboomsubban | Hacker News Reader

It's like the site is designed to look like a scam site. It has the generic clip art pushing you to their "FREE" cyber security tools that obviously have no catch, complete with the small pixelated government logo in the corner so you know it's legit.

I realize this one is probably fine, but any security guidelines should say "don't download anything from a site that looks like this." Or I'm going to click on download and it'll ask me for my credit card number to charge me $39.99 for my FREE trial.

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Whenever I access a organization that primarily deals with computer security, I mostly judge them reversely based on the complexity of tech used (well, modern TLS is probably the one exception). A simple static site that probably would look fine in elinks is what I am after. Anything that requires javascript or increases the attack surface are big warning signs to me.

To me, this site loads fast, uses very little eye-candy and gets you right to the list of tools with clear links that are easy to overview and go through so it seems like mission accomplished for highlighting them.

The eye candy on the site is what I object to, the giant image is solely what my complaints were about. It adds nothing but makes the site look like it's trying to trick people.

The US government also had stringent accessibility requirements... This trend to make the websites look dated because virtually every JavaScript framework is accessibility-fifth (if at all).

> accessibility-fifth

I usually use "accessibility-second", but thinking about it you're right. Most web frameworks assumes a "normal" person and even some dismiss making their frameworks accessible to a broader audience.

It’s almost as if they prioritised security of their site over style. How unexpected.

How is creating a giant flashy jpg prioritizing security?

If you rely on website looks to determine the level of trustworthiness, I personally think you're opening yourself to be easily scammed.

I always found morals and the technical skills to be uncorrelated to design skill or artistic skill.

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