Comments on: New article - Jakob Nielsen’s latest ramblings http://www.cheung.co.uk/2006/03/02/new-article-jakob-nielsens-latest-ramblings/ a blog Sun, 27 Jul 2008 02:13:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 By: laura http://www.cheung.co.uk/2006/03/02/new-article-jakob-nielsens-latest-ramblings/#comment-185 laura Wed, 08 Mar 2006 12:19:51 +0000 http://www.cheung.co.uk/2006/03/02/new-article-jakob-nielsens-latest-ramblings/#comment-185 I think you know my feelings on much of what the self-styled "usability guru" says. Sometimes he gives reasonable advice (though as you say; mostly in a condescending manner). Mostly I ignore his alert box now, but I read that particular "Alert" and it merely made me raise my eyebrows. I immediately thought of examples where, providing it's pretty clear what's going on, within-page links were pretty handy-ho. But then, that's Mr Nielsen for ya; prone to exaggerate over the less consequential points of design, and failing to 'get with' the times. Ever wondered why the man hasn't branched into discussing web-based clients for office/other applications, or GUI design, like the rest of us Usability Specialists??!! Why bother when he can bleed ignorant companies dry by sticking to less challenging usability issues for the rest of his life! I think you know my feelings on much of what the self-styled “usability guru” says. Sometimes he gives reasonable advice (though as you say; mostly in a condescending manner). Mostly I ignore his alert box now, but I read that particular “Alert” and it merely made me raise my eyebrows. I immediately thought of examples where, providing it’s pretty clear what’s going on, within-page links were pretty handy-ho.

But then, that’s Mr Nielsen for ya; prone to exaggerate over the less consequential points of design, and failing to ‘get with’ the times.

Ever wondered why the man hasn’t branched into discussing web-based clients for office/other applications, or GUI design, like the rest of us Usability Specialists??!! Why bother when he can bleed ignorant companies dry by sticking to less challenging usability issues for the rest of his life!

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