Re: flasher digest: March 21, 2001

[zefrank]

Nielson's book is great - i think everyone should check it out.  He's the

real deal on interface design and usability, and I think that for the most

part he's right about Flash being used as a distraction, rather than as a

viable design element.


on 3/21/01 7:00 PM, flasher digest at

flasherlists [dot] chinwag [dot] com

 wrote:


> Subject: you HAVE to check this article out :- FLASH : 99% bad, by Jakob-

> Nielsen

>

From: Anthony Smith <anthonyvisualpurple [dot] com [dot] au>

> Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 15:42:08 +1100

> X-Message-Number: 4

> 

> Man.. this is really pathetic... even worse was that it was handed to me by

> a client.. eeek!!

> 

> while it does highlight one or two points ( like disability users and flash

> ) most of it is total FOOBAR!! so next time you go to commit Design Abuse as

> Jakob puts it, consider instead maybe being so radical as using a table with

> some bold html text. i could go on forever.. but just read the thing

> yourself and give the man a reply..