I Thought the Whole World was Designed for Teenagers?

Hmm. I thought that the entire Internet was designed for teenagers, but our buddy Jakob Nielsen says in Usability of Websites for Teenagers that isn't true. Apparently that is a pretty common mistake in the web design world.

That being said, I can't help but think that his study just advocates the dumbing down of the Internet. Certainly, I don't think the Nickelodeon website should be written on a 12th grade level or reference Nietzsche. But I don't think it should be considered "poor usability" to actually include text or have a site that requires an adult amount of patience.

If we continually expect less of users they will constantly deliver.