Posted by mbstevens on 08/22/06 17:08

On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 10:42:20 -0400, Jonathan N. Little wrote:
> .... but Nielsen's
> view is akin the the 'Cultural Revolution' in China: bland little boring
> web sites!

That's seems a bit melodramatic.

Neilsen responds to similar charges in an interview
with Digital Web magazine at
http://www.digital-web.com/articles/jakob_nielsen/:

" I can hardly be authoritarian since I don't hold any authority. I don't
run any design projects and I can't fire anybody for making a Web site
too hard to use. All I can do is to report the findings from usability
research and recommend that companies follow the guidelines that have
resulted from these studies. I admit that I tend to be outspoken in
defending users' rights to simplicity, but I simply think that it's time
to stop being so accepting of difficult technology."




>
> Luigi, (whether or not you are actually receptive to suggestions), I
> would say put your menu on either the right or the left, whatever suits
> your 'design'. Just what every you do, make sure your menu is
> recognizable as a menu and is handy when the page loads (i.e., not off
> screen requiring scrolling to find it!)

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