Web 2.0 ‘distracts good design’ says web usability guru Jakob Nielsen
Hype about Web 2.0 is making web firms neglect the basics of good design.
Describing Web 2.0 as the “latest fashion”, Mr Nielsen said many sites paying attention to it were neglecting some of the principles of good design and usability established over the last decade. More…
You’ve felt the buzz, so you might be wondering, what is Web 2.0?
Some designers have taken it upon themselves to redesign famous logos in Web 2.0 format!
And here’s a Web 2.0 how-to design style guide of sorts…
nathan
The thing about bald guys with comb-overs who tout this type of knowledge, spewing out catch phrases like
is basically that too many farty old designers / developers consider Google to be “good Web Design” simply because it’s, well, simple.
I think there’s a balance between building websites for the lowest common denominator (say, your Grandma’s hamster) and attempting to progress the world of Webs by building things that are just obvious, common knowledge to those of us who care to take the time to figure things out.
For example, if we never built cars because people were too afraid of them to quit riding horses, there would be less glue in the world.
My point, well made, and thank you.