[Sigia-l] Jakob Nielsen, the John Dvorak of Design

[Laurie Gray]

Yeah, but Ziya, didn't you blast CNN's new design when we discussed it
a month or so ago? I suppose it's not too far removed from Jakob's
site when you get right down to it. <grin>

Maybe we could have a contest - provide a visual design to Jakob's
site. Let him pick the winner, who would get a free conference
attendance or something. ;)

BTW, John Dvorak amuses me, not from the perspective that I believe
what he says but from the perspective of that I wonder just WHAT he's
smokin'...

Laurie

On 8/10/07, Ziya Oz <listera at earthlink.net> wrote:
> So Nielsen acknowledges that his site is, uhm, bad. But making it better via
> redesign would destroy its 'real value' which is that it stands out as being
> bad. You have to admire the circular illogic of the man.
> (Incidentally, his site's design doesn't bother me. What's preached in there
> is what I think is bonkers, like the passage above. I also sincerely hope
> that the CRT from 1950s he's using in that picture is not his main set-up.)
>
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> "There is something fascinating about science. One gets such a wholesale
> return of conjecture for such a trifling investment of fact."
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