4Siri.com launches, crams everything about Siri into single, ugly site
Today marks the launch of 4Siri, a website dedicated solely to Siri and the iPhone 4S. The site features a spectularly bad header and design flaws that will make visitors want to gouge their eyes out. The "sharply focused" website was launched after "weeks of intensive development."
"We have gone all out to create a one-stop reservoir of information about Siri's features and her sassy personality, along with multi-faceted information about the iPhone 4S," said the website's developer, Jodi Dery. "The home page of 4Siri.com provides direct access to 2 featured videos, Apple's official Siri website, iPhone 4S FAQ, Tips & Tricks, 25 additional articles and, most important, a comprehensive database of more than 300 Siri answers, conveniently divided into 3 categories -- funniest, cool and naughty questions."
Apple will no doubt have a major issue with how 4Siri links to its pages—the URL remains under 4Siri, as does its hideous header, while otherwise navigating what looks and functions like the real Apple website.
Jodi went on to state, "4Siri.com features a novel Q&A format that displays Siri's answers only to questions selected by the visitor, thus minimizing the need to navigate through many pages to find what you are looking for. Our site also provides an easy method for users to submit screenshots of newly discovered Siri answers, each of which will be verified before being added to the site."
The site links to a couple of random videos and a bunch of iPhone 4S accessories through Amazon.
"Last but not least," Jodi added, "we also provide a one-stop iPhone 4S accessory shop – managed by Amazon – featuring over 200 iPhone 4S accessories, each of which has a 4 or 5 star rating by Amazon customers. And that shop is organized into 12 categories to facilitate finding the right accessory for every iPhone 4S need. All of these highly rated accessories are available directly from Amazon at their usual low prices, and all orders will be fulfilled by Amazon with their usual super-fast delivery."
Users can also register an account, though what you need one for is beyond me. Alternatively, one can sign up for news—again, seemingly pointless.
While an all-Siri, all-the-time site is not a bad idea, this one's a little seedy and too un-Apple-like to make waves. I wouldn't be surprised if Apple requests Jodi to take it down once the company catches wind of it, or at the very least change the linking system to its pages.
