Who says usability for the web can't be fun! Please play responsibly.
Creating usable web sites is important — just as important as it is to create visually interesting sites with interesting content. However, at times you just have to sit back and give things a good roasting.
Please...play responsibly.
- Go to any web or internet related conference.
- Sneak in lots to drink.
- Sneak in lots of friends.
- Attend the obligatory "User-Centered Web Design" keynote session featuring Web Usability Guru (™) Jakob Nielsen.
- Follow these rules:
Every time he says "micropayment", take one drink.
Every time his reasoning relies on having solved "the bandwidth problem", take one drink.
Every time he uses a made-up word like "linkrot" to sound more like Tufte
Every time he forgets that design can be fun, take one drink.
Every time he excuses his own refusal to observe the rules he dictates to everyone else on the grounds that he "knows his audience", take one drink.
If he mentions scrolling, take one drink.
If he mentions that users don't scroll, take one drink.
If he mentions link colors, drink: once for "blue" once for purple" three for "red", which nobody who's used a browser since 1993 thinks of as a followed link color, anyway. It's the "active link" color, dammit.
If he mentions the Macintosh desktop metaphor, have a pretzel.
Every time he quotes statistics from an unrelated study to prove a point about Web usability, take one drink.
If he actually uses a relevant study, finish the bottle.
If Nielsen admits he got his design skills from watching Jerry Pournelle
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