Useit.com breaks its own suggestions
May 16, 2007
Today I was shocked to see that on Jakob Nielsen’s site, Useit.com, a resource for many designers who are concerned about web usability, has placed a streaming flash movie on the home page.
Check out the screenshot here. (Note what happens if Flash is not installed.)
I do believe this goes against what he has been preaching to designers. My main problems with what he has done are:
- If you don’t have the flash plug-in, the item has no content - at least a summary could be provided
- The news item does not explicitly say that a flash player is required
- The flash player is not coded in a standards compliant fashion
- This adds to the loading time of the home page
Interesting, that when Nielsen’s on TV, his own guidelines can be thrown out the window. Should we expect a splash screen next?
About WFC
The Web Flight Check is a blog by Montreal-based web designer, Rommil Santiago. With over 8 years of web design experience - Rommil shares his views, and reports on the latest news in the field of web design.
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