All due respect to Mr. Neilsen, but he's a boring old codger. While usability is important it's NOT the be-all end-all of web design and development. I'm not sure how he became the de-facto lord of web usability, but a lot of his ideas are contrary to what has worked in print marketing for decades. The web is not JUST about information - people are inherently aesthetic, it's our universal language and visual language is stronger than any other. People pay more attention to visual design than they realize - it affects you on the subconscious level and honestly, your brain pays more attention to the visual than the content in the long run. When you dream you dream in pictures, icons and symbols, not pages and pages of black and white text with blue links.
If Jacob Neilsen's logic was applied to design outside the web all those universally-understood handicapped signs would be replaced with 4 foot wide black and white banners that read HANDICAPPED. Joshua Miller Head Programmer / IT Manager Garrison Enterprises Inc. www.garrisonenterprises.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] (704) 569-9044 ext. 254 ************************************************************************ ************* Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender states them to be the views of Garrison Enterprises Inc. This e-mail is intended only for the individual or entity to which it is addressed and contains information that is private and confidential. If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please delete it immediately and advise us by return e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ ************* -----Original Message----- From: Turetsky, Seth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 11:57 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: New Macromedia.com launched! Let's get Jakob Nielsen to end this -----Original Message----- From: Jason Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 2:52 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: New Macromedia.com launched! Yea but the issue with the mm home page is that it takes initially a while to load, then every click I make has this sluggishness to it, and most of the buttons create a page request which seems contradict macromedia flashes power of reducing http requests. On a few flash lists I am active on general consensus is negative... I definately share that..Although design is very nice and clean - it seems like last years trend. Perks and snappy elements such as the previous shortcuts worked MUCH faster, drop down lists on old site had some flare and animation to them - even things like on focus color change in the text box is removed. And those shortcuts - they are amazingly slow for me. I have on one of my sites drop downs pulling from a mere access database with coldfusion as server side that work substantially faster. Can't help but not be to thrilled. Yesterday - I also went in because I needed to research some technotes.. I gave up. I closed the site and visited some other resources. While I am sure that macr designers and flash developers worked hard and it is an all around nice app - I can't help but be sad about the change. I would have sent clients to macromedia home page on old site for them to see a glimpse of flash in user on hybrid pages.. Now I wouldn't send a client to review that home page. just my 02. I don't know what the focus was and this is beta - but I for one hope the second release is much faster and "wow". The site and it's features are just all around sluggish for me.. first request, and all requests after that. As for the interface remember what you last clicked - I don't mean to sound like an ass- but not ingenious. Useful occasionally but many of us flash people have been doing that for the last year through session vars and cookies. As a base architecture and layout - I think it shows potential if the speed can be seriously increased. but then again - it's just my 02 cents and who am I but a mere simple multiple visit daily user.. jay miller Christian Cantrell wrote: On Wednesday, March 5, 2003, at 10:59 AM, Benoit Hediard wrote: They keep changing the groupings of things as well ... quite a pain this morning to find the Exchanges... had to use the site map.... Not very hard... Select "Product > ColdFusion MX" on the home page, and then you'll get a direct access to the exchange. (and it will remember this setting) This is actually a very important point. When you load a page containing one more more RIAs, it is very likely going to take longer than just loading a straightforward HTML page, however interacting with RIAs, in the long run, should save you several clicks. And the fact that it remembers your selection is pretty ingenious, so basically, I now have a slightly customized version of the Macromedia home page that contains links directly to not just the product I am usually interested in, but different pages within that product section (including the exchange). Christian ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
