I didn't say that he said that - I was making a joke :-) I did receive an alertbox though with the subject: Alertbox: Web 2.0 Can Be Dangerous
Summary: AJAX, rich Internet UIs, mashups, communities, and user-generated content often add more complexity than they're worth. They also divert design resources and prove (once again) that what's hyped is rarely what's most profitable. All technologies can be 'dangerous' in terms of user experience if they hinder rather than enhance the user experience... On Dec 17, 2007 10:15 PM, Alvin Woon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Perhaps Mr. Nielsen would rather we return the user to a clunky, > > non-contextual, individual page refresh era. > > he did not say that, nor do I think that's what he's implying. > > Here's the summary of the article, in bullet points > > simple websites do not need RIA > community/social feature does not necessary suit all kind of websites > specialty > mashup in terms of usability > advertising alone is not a sufficient business model > beware of hype, focus on serving your users. Add web 2.0 feature because it > helps, not because everyone is doing so. all of those seem like valid points > to me. Thanks for sharing the article though. > > - Alvin W > > ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
