Nuff said

usability is such a subjective thing.

No, it’s not really. There are plenty of ways to objectively measure usability. For example, it’s relatively simple to set a task for a group of users and measure if it’s completed — and how long that takes.

No ambiguity there.

Hopefully some of the negativity around implementing usability techniques for your readers will change with such easy to use information.

As for the bloke who said ‘noone cares about usability’ and that ‘usablity is subjective’ I suggest that they should be one of the first to buy it.

usability is such a sbjective thing.

That may be true, but there is a science to finding out what it is that works for your audience. It’s that process that the kit teaches, not “you should always make your sites like this”. The blueprints are guidelines to help you get started, but not a silver bullet.

No one pays attention to useability except corporate developers.

And the users… but eh they aren’t really that important now are they.

Just because your everyday user doesn’t use the word usability to describe his problem, doesn’t change that poor usability often is the problem.

Glad you approve of the blueprints approach. I think it’s what makes the kit so valuable–taking web patterns and making them useful and immediately applicable.

I think the Table of Contents is well worth pointing people at.

Oh, and the Widgets look like a great gimmick (and useful too!)

-Matt