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- mrlerone0
I'm not *alternative*...
Look at everything that's successful on the internet. Well designed systems that function as uers would want. Google, Amazon, BBC News Online, countless Blogsites. They're hardly underground successes.
Although a Flashy portfolio site mightattract attention from initial viewing, revisiting it always eems tiresome. I'd like to post a new thread asking if anyone is a frequent visitor to a Flash site. On a 56K modem. You'd be pressed to find a designer of Flash sites who is.
The revolution I talk of is the one where people grow sick of extravance for extraagances sake. When the internet is truly a part of everyday life, replacing a lot of real world activities, people won't stand about waiting for load time to see a transition that looks like it should be on the Alien DVD menu before booking their train tickets or downloading their music.
Ultimately, useability will be a prerequisite for design of a human facing interface, not a luxury.
Don't mean to sound too much like a prick. I always mention Hitler in discussion of the the average person not being stupid or easily led, as it' quite an obvious one. I apologise.