Wednesday, July 06, 2005

Teenage Wasteland

Reading the article about teenage usability in websites brings several points to light. Teenagers are still not adults and don't have the same habits as adults in regards to how they get information. IN my own opinion, adults are more likely to know what they are looking for while teenagers see surfing the web as more of an activity to pass the time. Of course, Kids, Teens, and Adults all did not react enthusiastically to large amounts of reading and text as shown by the study. Honestly, if they wanted plain text, they can pick up a newspaper. If i see a website that has too much text, i leave it and go elswhere.
The one problem I have with this study is that it looks at usability, but not specifically at the content of the websites. Of course teenagers have much lower patience levels. . . but if the website content was something they really wanted to see more about (ex. sex), they patience level would miraculously skyrocket.

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