Usability and Design go hand in hand... (Score 2, Interesting)

Unfortunatly he pays attention to one and not the other.

Most of the points he made are valid. Unfortunatly Nielson dosn't hold much credibility within the design commmunity. Many, including myself believe that he thinks the web should be vanilla plain, devoid of any asthetic value. His website reflects this.

He is a usability expert NOT a design expert.

Its not that difficult to create a site that is pleasing to the eye and conforms to usability guidelines. If he paid a 1/4th as much attention to design as he does to usability more designers would pay attention to what he is saying.