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First I would like to say that the annoyingness of Converse's FLASH BASED PIECE OF CRAP FRICKING WEBSITE has prevented me from linking to the shoes I mentioned in an earlier post. Fuck you, Converse website. You suck.

Via google, I did however find a URL that will allow me to link directly to the product on their website.

I will not be using that URL, for two reasons:

a) I wouldn't want to subject anyone to the Converse website... well, at least not anyone I'd call a friend.

b) directing any more traffic to their site would only encourage them to continue to pursue this unbelievably retarded method of buiding a fricking GODDAMN SHIT WEBSITE and I don't want to be responsible for that.

So here is a less awesome picture on a much more useable website.

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Okay.

So maybe I should articulate a little better instead of spewing profanities into the ether.

The converse website has a lot of great fundamentals. For a retail website, you know. It has some great, detailed yet concise product information, sharp, large product images and some pretty strong marketing schlock.

But that doesn't do you any good if you can't find the information you're looking for or link to it to share that information because some kid straight out of college got his hands on a copy of Macromedia fucking Flash and then charged you a mint for a website that is so NOT user friendly that I left spittle on my monitor after having been angered into incoherence. Seriously, I almost quit the internet because of this website.

STOP IT WITH THE FLASH, ALREADY.

Flash is a fantastic tool... I've played with it a bit and it can do amazing things. BUT IT'S A TOOL. It is not a god to be worshiped, and it is certainly not the be-all-end-all of web fucking design. Flash based curiosity websites are great. But when I go to your website, my odds of making a purchase are greatly increased if your site is direct, straightforward, and easy for me to use.

You know what? I'm going to write a letter. I'm going to borrow Jonathan's lightbulb and typewriter and write a goddamn letter.