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Nielson often refuses to follow his own excellent usability rules; this has
been noted many times on TECHWR-L. Just do as he says, *not* as he does, and
you'll be fine.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mlist -at- ca -dot- rainbow -dot- com
> Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 12:48 PM
> To: TECHWR-L
> Subject: RE: Online Survey Usability
>
> Is it just me, or did anyone else get the impression that
> Nielson had a quota (number of words or amount of screen
> real-estate to fill up)?
>
> He said keep it short and simple - maximum, one screen.
> It took him several hefty paragraphs, and demanded some
> scrolling on my part, to impart that message.
>
> What's wrong with this picture?
>
> /kevin
>
