Flash Critic to Coach Macromedia
David Becker,
Cnet,
Jun 03, 2002
I think this is pretty funny. For years, self-styled usability guru Jakob Nielsen has been savaging the use of Macromedia's Flash on web pages. "About 99 percent of the time, the presence of Flash on a website constitutes a usability disease," he wrote. Now it turns out that Macromedia has hired Nielsen to provide guidelines for creating usable applications using Macromedia MX. So what made Nielsen change his mind (apart from the obvious financial transaction that must have taken place)? To read this article, Macromedia has been listening to Nielsen all along as evidenced by the "company's growing efforts to educate customers about design techniques." What, you mean that without Jakob Nielsen, Macromedia would never have thought about usability? Give me a break.
Today: 5 Total: 97 [Direct link] [Share]
