[thelist] Jakob Nielsen [was Anti-aliasing]

[Justin 'JR' Kaiser]

Of course, KMart has it's own problems... maybe because it wasn't designed
that way...
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From: "Matt" <mspiegler at lightbulbpress.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 11:27 AM
Subject: Re: [thelist] Jakob Nielsen [was Anti-aliasing]


> Bill Haenel wrote:
>
> > So that makes it OK to use Flash? By this logic I could conceivably use
> > Flash to build the entirety of my site, IF my objective was to create an
> > experience for those who can use Flash and who don't mind attempting to
> > become familiar with a new navigational concept. So what about
> > accessibility? Oh, yeah...
>
> Yes, it does make it ok. We need to get over this idea that anything on
the
> web is automatically required to be 100% accessible to all users no matter
> what the subject matter is and no matter whom the target user. The web,
like
> Life, has many niches and groups which don't always mesh. There's nothing
> inherently wrong with a flash site which is only accessible to a limited
and
> particularly patient or saavy group of users. It becomes a problem when a
> highly conceptual flash interface is used for, say, a banking site, which
by
> its very nature is meant to be accessible to all users at all times. But
if
> its used for the website of a teen-oriented pop band, or an experimental
"web
> art" site, then theres no reason why not.
>
> When you go to a night club with dim lighting, narrow passages, barely
marked
> doors, and blasting music, do you look around and say "well this is all
well
> and good for the kids, but my grandmother could never find her way around
this
> place!" Of course not. If Kmart on the other hand started to design their
> stores in such a manner, there'd be some pretty serious problems for the
> average Kmart user. There's nothing wrong with excluding users, you just
have
> to know who you're excluding and why.
>
>
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