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by S.M. Schrama on May 18, 2007
I still stand by my earlier comments on this person, and I see with me. Besides that, Mr Nielsen's website, useit.com is a mess. I think he tried to keep it simple as that is his trademark, but seriously, we're not in the eighties anymore. And there are so many links on it, it is unclear and a big mess. Not something to be proud of, especially if you have a big mouth about the web. He also mentioned Web 2.0 is comparable to the rise and fall of the dotcom era. And that's where he is dead wrong.
You see what he's done there? By broadly comparing web 2.0 sites to one of the worst offenders in the dot com era (boo.com), he's basically saying that web 2.0 = dot com. But he doesn't mention a single web 2.0 site as evidence. Frankly, I fail to see any similarity between YouTube's easy to use, user content-focused design (for example) and the bloated, interactive-before-its-time design of boo.com. Nielsen may have a point if we used MySpace as an example, because it is true that MySpace is not overly usable - its design is crowded and cluttered. But it works... unlike boo.com! ()I am sorry, but I have had it with this "guru".
Jakob Nielsen, shut up and go home. You are an old man.
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Vote for Jakob Nielsen is off this planet:
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Rating: 9.00 out of 2 vote(s) cast.
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Response from:
Hitesh Mehta
(05/19/07 8:14pm)
Response from:
DutchClick
(05/20/07 8:15pm)
That site of Nielsen is absolutely unbelievable. This guy is talking about design?! *BIG BIG LAUGH*!!!
(and do something about your hair!)
(and do something about your hair!)
Response from:
Servaas
(05/21/07 11:42am)
I think der Jakob could have perfect job working @ Microsoft. If you put him together with Ballmer in a room, the company will transform itself into a circus.
Response from:
Jeroen Sangers
(05/23/07 3:14pm)
I stopped reading Jacobs post the moment he started selling reports, and aech advice became a hidden plug for buying his research results. Als very suspicious was his 180 degrees turn on Flash the moment Macromedia hired him.
He used to hit the nail on many topics, but hasn't followed the trends of the last decade.
He used to hit the nail on many topics, but hasn't followed the trends of the last decade.
Response from:
Servaas
(05/23/07 3:25pm)
When I first read about this man, I thought 'it must be me', but when I dugg a little further it was clear to me that this man has no actual knowledge - only a big mouth.
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The first reaction:
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