>First of all, although Jakob Nielson has done a lot to promote >usability, his claims have always been suspect with me. In fact, >when I saw this Alert Box referred to in this thread I thought about >posting it to the list too, but then figured that, based on what I >know about Jakob Nielson's work, I figured that people may take it >too seriously.
Richard, I think that's a touch unfair to Nielsen (not NielsOn). I'm not familiar with which particular "research" you're quoting, but he and his people do do a lot of extensive research for which he charges $$$ for people to buy. The only time you'll see the more extensive research in his public or free newsletters or web site, is when the research is old, or he's claiming an opinion (as you say) which is actually based upon the research. In the latter case he won't quote the research, because he charges for it, so it looks like he's just making it up. I know for a while there people in the usability world were split between being with Nielsen or against him, but I've been out of it for a few years now, so I don't know if that has changed. What I do know is that a lot of his more extensive research is extremely valuable and useful, particularly for the web, and if some people think that he's wrong, then at least its making people consider his opinion, which as you quite rightly said, is good for usability in general. :-) I'm known as a bit of a UI nazi, so I'm probably as passionate about it as you are. At least we all agree that usabililty is important. Regards, Richard -- Vlog: http://www.kashum.com Feed: http://www.kashum.com/rss2.xml ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> AIDS in India: A "lurking bomb." Click and help stop AIDS now. http://us.click.yahoo.com/9QUssC/lzNLAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
