[thelist] Copy site designs... again
Erika Meyer
erika at seastorm.com
Sun Oct 22 16:48:58 CDT 2000
rudy:
I think you bring up a good point, about whats-his-name even though
you SHOULD read the primary source material, just to make sure
what's-his-name actually says what everyone says he says.
There is the suggestion on Jakob's part (his 'suggestions' are
usually strongly worded, of course) that certain things about sites
are standardized, that it is counter-productive to get all creative
about basic metaphors like, say, shopping carts.
However, I think that within Nielson's realm, there is still plenty
of room for creative variation. (even though he might not recognize
it.) And I think the site in question fails to capitalize on that
creative wiggle room. And I think the author is really not capable
of thinking for himself.
I find this site devious because it attempts to see usability
services by copying the design of an-already-successful usability
site. It would be one thing if the design were similar, but the
subject matter different, or vice versa. But this is just annoying.
God, even down to the "Georgia" font. And the extreme headlines:
"Why General Navigation Must Die."
Must die?
Surfing this site is a surrealistic experience. The look, feel,
subject matter AND tone are all Jakob ripoffs. It is, yet is not
Jakob. And not that I've never had usability problems with Jakob's
work--I have--but as you delve deeper into the ripoff site, you
encounter too many problems. The link that you think is a form, but
turns out to be a mailto. The excessive use of bold text that noises
out the signal...
>maybe this bohmann fellow is an just acolyte -- according to what i hear (i
>don't read his columns often myself), mister what's-his-name wants all web
>sites to look the same
erika at seastorm.com
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