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alright, I have to chime in here cuz I just can't resist.
I think Jakob takes things to extremes, but there's a hell of a market for taking usability to extremes. When you're a mutlinational and someone proves to you that you'll shave a 5bytes off each download of each page of your site and youre site recieves 5B visitors a year then that translates into serious money.
I think everyone misses the point that he's not talking about your buddies indie band site that's nothing but tricknology and flashturbation. He's talking about corporate design.
(Although you're buddies site could stand to be helped by some of his comments.)
Also, I find it funny that so many people in here consider themselves designers yet they scream anarchy when they have to do anything within guidelines that profess order and clarity. WTF? That's what design IS.
I've mentioned this before: usability IS design. Accessibility IS design. If you can't design something aesthetically pleasing, or exciting, or subtle, or fucking off the hook without going outside the boundries of usability and accessibility then you need to evaluate your skills as a designer.
It's a poor carpenter that blames his tools.
Now, with that said, JK needs to chill a bit because he takes things very far. Although he's arguments about accessibility for the disabled are very relevant when working on projects for GOVs or NGOs or the such.
And, it also depends on the target market of the site. If you KNOW your target market warrants the tricknology then go nuts, but if you don't know, and it could hurt your clients bottom line then design your way out of the conflict.
In the end, your clients bottom line == your paycheque so don't fuck with it.