Re: [flasher] Re: flasher digest: March 21, 2001

[Kristopher Wainwright]

Most of us WILL agree that Nielsen has some really

good points, but to say that *all Flash is bad* is

showing his ignorance to the application.  Yeah of

course its a diversion, but its to show the talents of

what you can do, especially with low-bandwidth

clients.  


Who would have thought that back in the early 90's

(1994 for me) when we were using 9600 baud modems and

Mosaic for a browser that we would have streaming

audio and video in a 5 to 6 year timespan, and the

ability to do what we can do with Flash, DW,

ColdFusion, etc..


I will agree that Neilsen is a good resource for

design and usability (its a must on the net), but he

has made himself a dinosaur in regards to new

applications and technology, and with that he will

become extinct by his own beliefs and actions.


Kris Sends .....



--- zefrank <

zefrankearthlink [dot] net

> wrote:

> Nielson's book is great - i think everyone should

> check it out.  He's the

> real deal on interface design and usability, and I

> think that for the most

> part he's right about Flash being used as a

> distraction, rather than as a

> viable design element.



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