re: web design, try it this way...
Dave, your article concerning the influences of wireless apps over the fate of some designs prompted me to investigate the matter further. While I didn't come across anything that was uniquely wireless oriented, I did come across this piece at the Andover News Network site [ andovernews.com ], that you and others here may find interesting, nonetheless. Enjoy.
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"The Truth About Web Design"
by Rod Amis
"I have three browsers that I use every week. Why? I'm
stupid. I waste my time trying to ensure that my pages
are accessible and look nearly identical to all the users
who visit them. I'm incredibly stupid. Why? I pay
attention to the substantive data available which shows
that most Web users are becoming reluctant to
upgrade their browser software. I'm so dumb that I not
only work to design my pages for highest usability, but
I encourage you to do the same. This article is going to
feature Cognitive Dissonance Moments, Web worker.
Prepare yourself. Here's the first one: If you've been
taking my advice about designing your Web sites for
your users, you don't know jack about the state of
successful Web design today.
"As part of my research, my own design "curriculum,"
and my means of earning remuneration from Andover
News Network and other publishers, I visit hundreds of
Web sites every month. Hundreds. I have seen more
Web pages than most people; talked with more
designers, architects and corporate design teams than
most people, too. And there's one thing I can now tell
you with certainty:
"The VAST MAJORITY of sites on the Web today are
designed by individuals and teams who choose (or are
forced by backend database architects, bosses, and/or
clients) to use design elements, code, utilities and
plug-ins that will:
- Crash many users' systems or, at the very
least, their browsers
- Force users to leave the site because their
browser doesn't support the element (say, Java,
for example) or plug-in (take your pick) required
by the site
- Turn the users away because the sites are
designed for a specific browser ONLY
- Attempt to force the users to upgrade to a later
version of the browser/browsers, or
- Load so slowly because of animated advertiser
graphical banners or the overuse of graphics and
animations that the patience of the proverbial
Job is required to access the "valuable"
information the users came to find."
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Continued, with good embeded links in the body of this text, at:
andovernews.com
The links to streaming video and data might be particularly interesting to some here. Here's one of them:
useit.com |
