Does the user matter?
After taking a look at Neilsen's site on web design mistakes as well as thinking about the discussion in class tonight, it really got me to thinking just how these bad websites really happen. Clearly the people who make them have a great deal of internet savvy. Is it the fault of the user for not knowing how to communicate with tech people? Or is it the fault of the developers for thinking too abstract rather than creating something that people can understand? The amount of bad websites I have seen over the years would lead me to believe that many questionable websites are borne out of creativity run amuck and an unwillingness to believe that what has been created does not work.
