Ok thanks a lot for the great feedback guys! I forwarded him both messages
and suggested that he subscribe to the dev list. I don't disagree with
either of you since I'm no expert in either field (web and UI/HCI) =)
If they aren't used in some form, I already got permission to use one of
them for a personal home page ;)
Thanks again and take care,
- rob
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jon Stevens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: November 11, 2000 12:07 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [OPINION] - New Jakarta Website
>
>
> on 11/11/2000 11:45 AM, "Nick Bauman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Once again, good graphic design != good user interface design. I agree
> > with Jon.
>
> I agree with Nick! :-)
>
> I also spent some time looking at Erik's homepage and reading information
> about him. It is pretty obvious to me that he is entirely self taught (not
> really an issue since I am as well), but the problem that I have
> is that he
> doesn't seem to have spent much time with UI design concepts.
>
> He can make things look pretty (and they do look good), but that doesn't
> mean that they are functional or even take into consideration the larger
> picture of web design, which is simply the ability to convey a message
> clearly.
>
> So, please take that feedback back to him and if he wants to come
> up with a
> new design based on the feedback that we have given on the list, I would
> love to give my opinions to him.
>
> p.s. In case Erik thinks I have my head completely up my ass, 5
> years ago I
> co-founded a very successful 120+ person web design company.
> <http://www.clearink.com/index.php3/history.html> In other words,
> I do have
> some experience in this field. :-)
>
> -jon
>
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