There is a great article on InsideRIA.com discussing Jakob Nielson's article "Web 2.0 Can Be Dangerous". I tend to agree with everything noted in David Tucker's review, and I'd like to add my own thoughts...
I think what disturbs me most about Nielson is his approach. While he certainly has some valid points, he directs his voice to those without a technical background, and pretends to know what he is talking about on the technical front. Jakob, if you are listening, you don't. Your readers would be better served if you were steering clear of the technical jargon, and sticking to your expertise in usability. RIAs are a relatively new concept, and while "best practices haven't gelled yet", RIAs still offer a great opportunity for business owners to capitalize in a BIG way by creating rich web applications with usability in mind. This RIA thing is not just about "gadgets on a page"...
The statement about Flash at the beginning of the article really discredits Nielson as far as I'm concerned. He did a great job of stating the obvious way back in 2000, but the Flash bashing wave that he's still trying to ride crashed a couple of years ago...
January 25th, 2008 at 8:27 pm
Remind me not to ever cross you.
January 26th, 2008 at 8:21 am
January 28th, 2008 at 10:28 am
Tim,
Thanks for writing about me in your post. I was able to find it because it wasn’t in posting in FLASH.. I HATE FLASH! If you ever want to get together for a technical debate I offer you the challenge. But then again I my may be too busy writing articles on how things will suck unless you use my superior usability techniques. And eventually my plan of having every website in the world looking like a default microsoft Frontpage template. muhahahahahahaha!
Over and Out,
Jakobiznich