UKNM: Re: Amazon.com

[Dan Leighton]

 > Sorry to go on, I'll be talking about Mars bars costing 3 old pence soon.


Isn't it weird that one can feel nostalgic about something so recent?


I remember playing MUDs at 4.00 in the morning with people in the states

in the late 80s (embarrassing - but I was a student...)


I had a strange experience yesterday on a phone call to my bro yesterday

- we were looking at a site I designed - he using a Lynx browser.  I

then tried looking at the site with Lynx to see what he saw.  What

struck me as odd is that he lives in a monochrome world on the web.  No

graphics, no colours - not even a mouse.  I know he's a bit weird like

that - but it occured to me that he is almost totally oblivious to the

things that we take for granted - he has opted out of our way of

designing.


This makes me think of all those people who haven't used the web at all

yet - how do we make sure that we don't alienate them?  What do we need

to do to ensure they don't 'opt out' after their first experience and

stop bothering to use this slow and cumbersome Internet beast?


Where do we draw the compromise line between assuming Internet users are

getting more experienced and accepting that they need simpler and

simpler interfaces as more newbies come online?


Any thoughts?


d. 



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