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March 17, 2004
Andrei takes on Jakob
I don't usually like to blog things that are going to appear on every UX-related blog, but this is going to be worth checking out ... the comments are nearly as interesting as the post. It's an open letter to Jakob Nielsen by Andrei Herasimchuk of Design by Fire. There's so much I agree with in this letter, it's hard to pick just one snippet, but this one gets at the heart of it: Mr. Nielsen, I respectfully request you stop posting articles like this. You do yourself and the usability field a disservice by speaking in terms that are vague, not backed up with research data, and filled with hyperbole. Further, until you learn more about what it takes to be a designer, and what it means to design a product with your own two hands, I respectfully request you stop trying to dictate any design agenda as some subset of what you view as the usability agenda. Those of us in the design and usability biz need leaders to help us demand more from those who develop products and services. But while Jakob's spin may get him the press he clearly desires, I'm not sure it's our best choice for effecting real change in business. Thanks to InfoDesign for the pointer.
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Please permit me to add a counterpoint to the brief discussion of "accessibility culture." The desire and tools to build a web site which is both a place of beauty and technical excellent have been available for the better part of the past ten years, yet the very group which could and should be shaping the "accessibility culture" - our excellent graphic artists, have possibility with relectance in part to the continued "buzz" words and what may seem as conflicting interests been slow to show the rest of us what can and should be done. Then enters Zen Garden, which is a show place of talents for both the graphic artist and those who embrace technical standards of the W3C and WAI. More power to groups who would show "their wares" rather than wage a war of words. -- Posted by Denny Lancaster on March 18, 2004 07:40 PM
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