"Author on web usability, Jakob Nielsen gives his views on the current
state of the internet"

"the savvier web users spent less than 25 seconds on a homepage, leaving
websites little time to make an impression"

Definitely a case for "less is more".

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/5030270.stm

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Charles Sweeney
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Charles Sweeney wrote:

> "Author on web usability, Jakob Nielsen

here we go again.

> gives his views on the current state of the internet"

when does he not.....? let me guess: you get 1/10th of a second or you are
cooked.

> "the savvier web users

well that just threw the sample.

> spent less than 25 seconds on a homepage,

whoa! we're up to 25 seconds! uncomment the text!

> leaving websites little time to make an impression"

what? we just got back 24 and 9/10th seconds! wake up the coders! brew
coffee! uncomment the text!

> Definitely a case for "less is more".

hold on waking up coders! hold on brewing coffee! hold on uncommenting text!

> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/5030270.stm

oh no. no you don't. wait. don't i know better than to go rushing off
everytime jacob speaks?

marketers. grumble grumble.

trevor <not@home.now> wrote in news:yjCfg.82484$IZ2.25718@dukeread07:

> Charles Sweeney wrote:
> 
>
> here we go again.
> 
>
> when does he not.....?


WAR IS PEACE!
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY!
GUIDELINES ARE STRENGTH!



--
Karl Groves
www.karlcore.com

trevor wrote:
> Charles Sweeney wrote:
> 
>
> here we go again.
> 
>
> when does he not.....? let me guess: you get 1/10th of a second or you are
> cooked.
> 
>
> well that just threw the sample.
> 
>
> whoa! we're up to 25 seconds! uncomment the text!
> 
>
> what? we just got back 24 and 9/10th seconds! wake up the coders! brew
> coffee! uncomment the text!
> 
>
> hold on waking up coders! hold on brewing coffee! hold on uncommenting tex
t!
> 
>
> oh no. no you don't. wait. don't i know better than to go rushing off
> everytime jacob speaks?
>
> marketers. grumble grumble.


He is an idiot. I cant believe anyone actually takes on board the
rubbish he publishes. He either states the blindingly obvious, or
totally contradicts himself every other paragraph. *sigh*

Charles Sweeney me@charlessweeney.com wrote in
<Xns97D58961AD58Cmecharlessweeneycom@130.133.1.4>:
>
> "the savvier web users spent less than 25 seconds on a homepage, leaving
> websites little time to make an impression"
>

I wish I could be that patient.

--
eric
www.ericjarvis.co.uk
"live fast, die only if strictly necessary"

Eric Jarvis wrote

> Charles Sweeney me@charlessweeney.com wrote in
> <Xns97D58961AD58Cmecharlessweeneycom@130.133.1.4>: 
>
> I wish I could be that patient.

:o)

That was my thought too.  One thing's for sure, with some sites it only
takes a few milliseconds to decide to leave!

--
Charles Sweeney
http://CharlesSweeney.com

Charles Sweeney <me@charlessweeney.com> wrote in
news:Xns97D5CCF12F9A5mecharlessweeneycom@130.133.1.4:

> Eric Jarvis wrote
> 
>
>:o)
>
> That was my thought too.  One thing's for sure, with some sites it only
> takes a few milliseconds to decide to leave!
>

As evidence of the fact that Ole Jakob makes this shit up, here he is
saying the time limit is 8 seconds: "8 seconds is about the delay tolerable
before people start leaving a site." -
http://discuss.washingtonpost.com/z...alker061799.htm

I'm sure with a little more Googling, we'll see him say 10, 12, 15, and 20.

He's a hack.


--
Karl Groves
www.karlcore.com

Karl Groves wrote

> Charles Sweeney <me@charlessweeney.com> wrote in
> news:Xns97D5CCF12F9A5mecharlessweeneycom@130.133.1.4:
> 
>
> As evidence of the fact that Ole Jakob makes this shit up, here he is
> saying the time limit is 8 seconds: "8 seconds is about the delay
> tolerable before people start leaving a site." -
> http://discuss.washingtonpost.com/z...alker061799.htm
>
> I'm sure with a little more Googling, we'll see him say 10, 12, 15,
> and 20.
>
> He's a hack.

I must say, I hadn't heard of the guy before.  As Mir rightly said, most
of this stuff is common-sense.

--
Charles Sweeney
http://CharlesSweeney.com

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Charles Sweeney <me@charlessweeney.com> wrote in
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> Karl Groves wrote 
>
> I must say, I hadn't heard of the guy before.  As Mir rightly said, most
> of this stuff is common-sense.
>

Are you serious?
Wow. He's been proclaimed "The Smartest Man on the Internet"!
He gets about $30k to review a site's home page.




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www.karlcore.com

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Charles Sweeney wrote:

> I must say, I hadn't heard of the guy before.

you have seriously got to be joking. well, you'll hear more no doubt.