Open Letter to Jakob Nielsen

Design by Fire kritisiert Usability-Guru

Andrei Herasimchuk (Design by Fire) in An open letter to Jakob Nielsen:

»[...] Usability is an aspect of good design and the practice of good design. Not the other way around.

I say this because you constantly state in article after article that it is usability that will save the world from bad design. Quite the contrary, it is good design that will save the world from bad design. Usability is one piece of that puzzle, but let's be clear about what we are talking about.

[...] Mr. Nielsen, I respectfully request you stop posting articles like this. You do yourself and the usability field a disservice by speaking in terms that are vague, not backed up with research data, and filled with hyperbole. Further, until you learn more about what it takes to be a designer, and what it means to design a product with your own two hands, I respectfully request you stop trying to dictate any design agenda as some subset of what you view as the usability agenda.«

Auch von dieser Kritik wird Nielsen wahrscheinlich nicht einmal eine Zusammenfassung lesen... geschweige denn sie sich zu Herzen nehmen. (via Oliver Wrede)

Marcus Völkel | 03.05.04 | Usability | Trackbacks: 0 |