http://www.guuui.com/issues/04_03.asp
Usability is based on principles such as “Less is more” and “Keep it simple, stupid”. But there is more to simplicity than meets the eye. By reducing visual complexity at the cost of structural simplicity, you will give your users a hard time understanding and navigating the content of a web site.
Henrik Olsen does a nice job “soft debunking” many of the usability myths out there - reminding that site designers have to look at the entire picture, and make choices based on testing rather than random application of rules/myths.
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