Re: Flash, Glitz, Images Off

by simone(at)genesisnetwork.net (Demitrius)

 Date:  Wed, 8 Apr 1998 18:53:36 -0700
 To:  <hwg-theory(at)hwg.org>,
"Jeff Foust" <jfoust(at)MIT.EDU>
  todo: View Thread, Original
Hi Jeff,

>Actually, Jakob Nielsen is a well-known "usability engineer" employed by
>Sun who has extensively studied how people use the Web.  His examples
>go far beyond Sun's Web sites.  See http://www.useit.com/

Hmm. I visited the site. Here's what I found:
"Why This Site Has Almost No Graphics:
I am not a visual designer, so my graphics would look crummy anyway. Since
this website is created by myself (and not by a multidisciplinary team as I
always recommend for large sites) I didn't want to spend money to hire an
artist."
http://www.useit.com/about/nographics.html

IMO, this guy is opinionated from the word go. Nothing wrong with that, so
am I, but at least we know where he's coming from.

Now I'd like to make a statement that's surely going to get me flamed. So be
it. Ever notice that the most vehement defenders of
text-only-no-animation-flash-commercialism websites tend to come from .edu
email addresses? I have. Is there a connection between the perspective of a
university student/faculty and the commercial world? I wonder.

My point: Know Your Audience. Perhaps creating websites for a university
audience is different from a commercial audience.

Flame me in private if you must. <joke> Just remember: "There can be only
ONE!" </joke>

Regards,
Demitrius >I<
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