Re:Web 2.0 'distracts good design'
by asher_gm on Monday May 14, 2007 @11:19AM
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"It's because they are 20 years old that they act differently to 40-year-olds," said Mr Nielsen.
I think he missed the mark. Design has little to do with popularity right now (think MySpace). Sure we can scale everything back so that my one finger typist dad can surf the web without learning something new. Or we can design to the next generation of users that will most assuredly use the web for the rest of their lives.
Re:Web 2.0 'distracts good design'
by webwright on Monday May 14, 2007 @06:11PM
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He's not talking about graphic design here. You can take one look at his site (useit.com) and realize that he doesn't give a darn about graphic design.
Re:Web 2.0 'distracts good design'
by asher_gm on Monday May 14, 2007 @11:28PM
(#22117)
Yeah I thought he was talking about usability which covers design but I thought he was referring to broad browser compatibility and accessibility (CAPTCHA designs for instance)
I think he missed the mark. Design has little to do with popularity right now (think MySpace). Sure we can scale everything back so that my one finger typist dad can surf the web without learning something new. Or we can design to the next generation of users that will most assuredly use the web for the rest of their lives.