December 31, 2003

Jakob Nielsen Drinking Game

The Jakob Nielsen Drinking Game includes the usual equipment, and (among many others) these rules:
Every time he excuses his own refusal to observe the rules he dictates to everyone else on the grounds that he "knows his audience", take one drink.

If he mentions scrolling, take one drink.

If he mentions that users don't scroll, take one drink.

If he mentions link colors, drink: once for "blue" once for "purple" three for "red", which nobody who's used a browser since 1993 thinks of as a followed link color, anyway. It's the "active link" color, dammit.

By Steve Champeon and Jeff Veen.

[via The Viridian Design Movement email list] Posted by johndan at December 31, 2003 06:45 PM | TrackBack