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The BEST 404 PAGE EVER!

bluedaniel.com — simple and fascinating. i like this one a lot! There are lots more where this came from!

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  • corevette, on 10/10/2007, -77/+7the best 404: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Georgia_404.svg/625px-Georgia_404.svg.png
    • theohuxtable, on 10/10/2007, -15/+2you're right.
    • quik22, on 10/10/2007, -17/+1riiiiiiiight, an entire state full of fat people is the best...
    • petereality, on 10/10/2007, -5/+1idgi
    • OMGWTFROFLMAOx2, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8404 is a Georgia area code for those who don't get it.
      • petereality, on 10/10/2007, -1/+12it was funnier when i didn't get it
      • TheTaoOfBill, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4The entire state of Georgia has one area code? That's pretty convenient.
        • OMGWTFROFLMAOx2, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3I said "a" as there are also 770, 706, 678, and some others. I think 404 is the one most commonly associated with the state though because it is the one most used for Atlanta. Kind of like 313 in michigan (detroit), 919 for north carolina, 215 for pennsylvania (philadelphia), etc.
        • NeCtUr, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1The entire state of North Dakota is the 701 area code...
  • aknowles5139, on 10/10/2007, -12/+103Very cool design. It would be nice to see more 404 pages as creative as this.
  • AngryBacon, on 10/10/2007, -5/+503If you go to a gallery of 404 pages, how do you know if you have a real 404 error?
    • ThinkBox, on 10/10/2007, -2/+161my head asplode
    • kylean1, on 10/10/2007, -0/+14exactly! makes the site foolproof :P
    • RandomLife, on 10/10/2007, -10/+2ATTENTION - This is a REAL 404 error page! ..................................Just kidding!
    • KyleGoetz, on 10/10/2007, -1/+23You view the HTTP headers. If the status code is 200, then you're OK. If it is 404, then you're not. ;)
    • chrislee149, on 10/10/2007, -0/+26Anyone have a mirror? I think the site's down. I keep getting a 404 error. :(
  • MasterThief117, on 10/10/2007, -8/+220When this gets downed by digg, we will never know.
  • ThinkBox, on 10/10/2007, -10/+346Dugg for the use of EVER!

    now I can die with peace, knowing that nothing can EVER top this missing page experience.

    *writes 404 on a sticky-note, sticks to chest, shoots self in head*
    • Dantetheinferno, on 10/10/2007, -3/+19Get someone to put the sticky note on your head after you shoot yourself, or else, how will they know they can't find your brain?
    • L0g1X, on 10/10/2007, -0/+93Why are you replying to him? He's dead already.
      • noblepenguin, on 10/10/2007, -2/+12Technically you're replying to him too…
      • ThinkBox, on 10/10/2007, -0/+22its ok, i missed,

        poor fluffy, RIP 404
    • aquadoctorbob, on 10/10/2007, -1/+53Don't do it! Someone would take a photo of the aftermath, and, in a horribly ironic twist, use it on a 404 page.
      • Dundasbro, on 10/10/2007, -5/+2Wouldn't be ironic.
        • Reziarfg, on 10/10/2007, -1/+33Sure it would, if it made for a better 404 page than this. That would mean he died in vain!
  • tnatharik, on 10/10/2007, -13/+6Have you seen pownce's one, its really fugly.
  • bgfinkel, on 10/10/2007, -0/+16so where's the rest?
  • caffeineninja, on 10/10/2007, -2/+6That radar is hypnotizing me and trapping me in place. Kind of defeats the purpose of a 404 page, don't you think?
  • gargantuan, on 10/10/2007, -2/+193I was sure i'd seen that somewhere before, then i remembered this....

    http://www.lessrain.co.uk/
    • caffeineninja, on 10/10/2007, -2/+28Could have just been stock filmreel - same thing happens with stock photography.
      • gargantuan, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8could be, I'm just pointing it out in the interest of.... interest. It's a blast form the past actually, that sites been like that since about 2002.
    • eivindjo, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0I am sure the creative people of UK-based Less Rain have some rights to the main footage of their home page.
  • georgivar, on 10/10/2007, -8/+73The design and the flash are stolen form lessrain.co.uk.
    • TomNorton, on 10/10/2007, -3/+16Yup, it is truly a rip-off.
    • sirmasterboy, on 10/10/2007, -1/+17Why do you assume it's stolen. How do you know he didn't have permission?
    • nimawin, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8maybe the same designer designed both...
  • Samzo, on 10/10/2007, -12/+4yup... still annoying
  • nVoy, on 10/10/2007, -4/+2Nice, but nothing new.
  • xerexes1, on 10/10/2007, -1/+25Clicking on the 404 link takes you to an incredibly well designed web page but I was hoping to see more clever 404 pages.
    • aaronm67, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Well designed webpages aren't flash.
  • Samzo, on 10/10/2007, -17/+1yup... still annoying
  • Samzo, on 10/10/2007, -19/+2yup... still annoying.
  • pavs, on 10/10/2007, -6/+1http://www.windowhaxor.net/index.php/2007/07/27/how-to-customize-apache-server-banner-and-error-page/
  • vampireblood, on 10/10/2007, -6/+6I can't believe someone went to such effort to put a flash animation with motion blur and focusing effects as their 404 error!
    • spiffytech, on 10/10/2007, -3/+1If you could tolerate it not expanding to fit your browser, an animated .gif would work much better, as it would load faster.
      • jon3k, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Yes a smaller graphic would load faster, thank you professor. Whether or not that is "better" is a matter of opinion.

        (ps you'd have a hell of a time recreating the blur effect with animated GIF's by the way, and I seriously doubt you could do it and it still load faster than a swf)
    • bmorrow, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6I can't Believe anyone puts any effort in any 404 page. It's the one page you hope no one ever visits.
  • shawnz, on 10/10/2007, -4/+157The 403 isn't as good.

    http://www.bluedaniel.com/403.shtml
    • praisethelard, on 06/06/2008, -1/+132Holy *****, he logged my IP! What the ***** am I gonna do?!
      • zzz@tkz, on 10/10/2007, -0/+53RUN!
      • ThirdPrize, on 10/10/2007, -0/+40Aaaaaaggggghhhhhhh!!!!
      • winnopeg, on 10/10/2007, -0/+39Reset the router!
      • OAKsider, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9(All great ideas.) !!!
      • bilangew, on 10/10/2007, -0/+39Do a barrel roll !!
      • DoodleMaster, on 10/10/2007, -7/+2Take this information from a man who has had over 1200 different ip addresses

        place yo' head buhtween yo knees and kiss yo bumm good'bye :-)

        *Don't ask how I did it lets just say someone at AOL ***** up...again."
        • aaronm67, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Anyone who runs even a half ass website has far more then 1200 different ip addresses. Hell, anyone who knows how to use IRC can get 1200 different IP addresses in a few minutes, or there are thousands of "look up the IP of your favorite website" pages.

          -Aaron (12.226.13.60)
      • celkin, on 10/10/2007, -4/+2Call Chuck Norris!
      • winry, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2http://www.bluedaniel.com/500.shtml

        500 != 400
    • aquadoctorbob, on 10/10/2007, -0/+57That page makes me feel like a criminal :(
    • sarianrogue, on 10/10/2007, -1/+69Everyone click it so we don't feel as bad!
    • jj9000, on 10/10/2007, -3/+66The server's HD is going to fill up with IP logs if we Digg that *****.
    • airwalkery2k, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6Ahaha... I thought I was the only genius to try this.
    • sarianrogue, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I actually went through the trouble of emailing the guy and he said he did it as a joke a while back when someone was poking around there and never took it down. Now it redirects to the homepage.

      So your not going to be tracked down. Sorry.
  • Samzo, on 10/10/2007, -14/+2k... wtf it posted my comment 3 times?
  • therearenorules, on 10/10/2007, -4/+20kinda not really that cool
  • screwloose45, on 10/10/2007, -9/+1Pretty leet.
  • Matt174e, on 10/10/2007, -3/+27The Homestar Runner one is much better.
  • FeloniousMonk, on 10/10/2007, -0/+47nowhere near as cool as the ZORK 404 page

    http://thcnet.net/zork/index.php
    • TygerrTygerr, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Hah, that's awesome.
      • spacebar14, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Hah, that's why we have a Thumbs Up button.
        There's no need to further comment with something unintelligent.
    • mapkinase, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1> zork

      That word is henceforth replaced with DUNGEON.

      > dungeon

      At your service!

      > who are you

      I don't understand that.

      > because you are an idiot

      I don't understand that.
      >
    • aaronm67, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1:-/ I opened the mailbox and took the leaflet, I don't know how to walk to the house.
      • ToadMcFrog, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1East my friend, East (i.e., type "east")! Then, just for fun, hit the door with your hand.
  • wanzedk, on 10/10/2007, -11/+5http://home.no/blax/404.swf
  • cojerk, on 10/10/2007, -6/+14Where is that? It kind of looks like the western part of CO.

    And btw, Flash sucks, especially in an error page.
  • WebberGuy, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2The rest of the site looked interesting too.
  • rebz, on 10/10/2007, -0/+13How can this be the "BEST 404 PAGE EVER!" and "There are lots more where this came from!" ?
  • Akkarin, on 10/10/2007, -0/+54This is my favorite 404 page......... EVAR!1
    http://www.plinko.net/nevermore.htm
    • CATSCEO, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4That was stolen from bash.org, but its still funny.
      • mapkinase, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1I agree: this is way cooler:

        Not Found

        The requested URL /noexistant was not found on this server.
    • SnackyBear, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0A bastardization of The Raven, super-kewl!!!
  • elictricocean, on 10/10/2007, -8/+1If you've seen the movie "Paprika", this one is pretty funny: http://www.radioclub.jp/error.html
  • PsychoPNut, on 10/10/2007, -3/+26i wanted to see it, but all i got was a 404 error
  • MrMidi, on 10/10/2007, -2/+73Homestar Runner:

    http://www.homestarrunner.com/systemisdown.html
    http://www.homestarrunner.com/underconstruction.html

    Best ones ever!

    PS, wait a few seconds for the animations to start
  • Gamb10r, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5Whats that saying when you invest that kind of time into a 404.
    • MrMidi, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6It's saying that you realize that some of your users may stumble across this page from a broken link on another site, or a search engine with your old content. Making sure your users can find their way and be informed is a good use of anyones time. This 404 page does not do much to help the user find their way, but I guess it is nice to look at.
  • kungfumaniac, on 10/10/2007, -1/+44A+++++++++++ Would Digg Again!! Great Digger!!!!!!!

    With headlines like this how else am I to respond?
  • shavenlunatic, on 10/10/2007, -6/+1oops, accidentally buried this while switching between another article... ctrl+z doesn't work!
  • dmoffitt, on 10/10/2007, -5/+23ugh, flash has NO PLACE on an error page. Not even close to being accesable - nevermind web standards, making me wait for an animation to see an error (assuming you CAN SEE vs needing a screen reader is DUMB.
    • kingmoffa, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7agreed. Flash has no place on an error document.
    • worthyashes, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0And the anti-flash guys are out again :(. If you use something like swf object to embed the flash and have alternative content then it is completely accessible to both screen readers and bots. Even if you do run the flash if you make sure you create it correctly it is picked up by both JAWs and Window Eyes. In fact flash is more accessible as you can expose the buttons you are using with Actionscript to the screen readers and they will read out to the users what each button does. Add into the mix keyboard controls and you've got something which is ultimately much more accessible. However if you guys want to live like you're in 1999 - go for it. Let the rest of us get the joke and also create cutting edge accessible websites that - shock horror - have flash on them. If you don't believe me check out the new BBC2 website. Lots of flash - and screen reader friendly
  • tvolpe78, on 10/10/2007, -5/+38STOLEN PAGE

    This page (without the 404 sign) was designed by Less Rain years ago : http://www.lessrain.com/index.php?localeISO=en_UK
  • acontorer, on 10/10/2007, -4/+3On a tall-and-wide (portrait mode) Firefox display, the 404 sign is truncated.
  • lispy, on 10/10/2007, -6/+0I like the one from the Sisters of Mercy homepage:
    http://www.thesistersofmercy.com/error404page.html
  • ommadawn, on 10/10/2007, -3/+1http://b3ta.com/404
  • dgworks, on 10/10/2007, -9/+4This has been stolen from: http://www.lessrain.com/index.php?localeISO=en_UK

    muppet!
  • dbking, on 10/10/2007, -4/+19dugg for using the microsoft category just because its about an error :P
    • chriskeyes, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1But that doesn't make sense. Microsoft isn't the only software company exclusive to errors. Plus 404 errors aren't even exclusive to IE. Other browsers will come up with the same thing sometime. So why bother putting this in the Microsoft section?
    • sammykeyes, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Yeah. I've come across some errors when using my Mac a few times before. Not like it was so hard to restart it or anything? What's with you people?
    • dpowre, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1its a joke!! get over it!
  • locodude, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Nice, but I would've been WAY better if it didn't rely on the user having the Flash-plugin installed.
  • indorock, on 10/10/2007, -10/+6if you put this much effort into a 404 page, then you've got a problem.
    1. a company should put all efforts into ensuring that 404's never occur
    2. if they do occur for whatever reason, the error page should be light as hell, generating little bandwidth, and have some links to useful places on the site to help the user find their way again (home, sitemap, referring page, etc). This does link to the homepage, but it's not apparent enough.

    This one is pretty, but fails in its function.
    • GregorCZ, on 10/10/2007, -2/+4Wet towel much?
    • TyCage, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Amen! Why on earth would you want to require flash for your 404 page. I should be able to view a 404 page with a text browser. They should also load quickly and give the user some information on what they might be able to do to fix the problem.
  • Nadee, on 10/10/2007, -4/+0A better galley can be found here: http://www.plinko.net/404/area404.asp
  • MSbands, on 10/10/2007, -4/+0Thats so awesome. Can I add that to http://www.MSbands.com? It needs a good 404 page if you look around.
  • thailand1972, on 10/10/2007, -4/+4404 page that requires Flash - whatever next...
    • nanoPhorm, on 10/10/2007, -2/+2Indeed - Flash is simply the most, bloated, closed and web 2.0 unfriendly format - especially for a 404 page!
  • upanda, on 10/10/2007, -5/+0it is so cool,this page and the website!!
  • Fragalishus, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Site itself seems pretty cool, tho, anyone have info on it? Seems who ever owns it is friends with Alex Borstein? from Mad TV and The Family Guy. Click on the radar then look at the trailers, some "take Alex to work" clip. Pretty cool little rolodex for the trailers, too, as I said, pretty slick site.
  • lesty420, on 10/10/2007, -0/+17try http://www.thescore.ca/404123.html The Score is a TV Channel much like ESPN in the states
  • Andrej73, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1http://index.hu/404.html
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