Website Critique - Is Jakob Nielsen relevant from Anonymous: MarketingProfs Question 4872

Topic: Website Critique

Is Jakob Nielsen Relevant

Posted by Anonymous on 1/4/2005 at 9:39 AM ET 125 Points

Do Jakob Nielsen's design guidelines have any relevance in contemporary web design?

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Posted by SRyan ;] on 1/4/2005 at 9:54 AM Accepted

Yes, absolutely.

Think of it this way: Not everybody follows all ten commandments of the Old Testament, but those who DO are probably living more effective lives.

Same goes for Jakob Nielsen's rules. The better they're followed, the more effective the website.

Shelley ;]
Posted by ReadCopy on 1/4/2005 at 11:32 AM Member

I would tend to agree, follow the guidelines, he doesn't know everything, but he is darn close.
Posted by sammykarij on 1/19/2005 at 8:43 AM Member

Very relevant though not all. As he observed in one of his recent article most usability requirements change quite slowly however, afew of them are rendered irrelevant due to passage of time, technology changes and user learning.

Relevancy also will be determined by who your target market is. After all market satisfaction is the primary goal.
Posted by telemoxie on 2/2/2005 at 12:41 AM Member

Knowing rules for creating usable web sites is clearly relevant to good design - you can always break the rules, but you should not break rules without know which rules you are breaking, and why.