Are Accordions really that bad?

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Are Accordions really that bad?

httpwebwitch

1:13 pm on Jul 14, 2009 (gmt 0)

"Accordions are the worst thing that ever happened to the web."
- Valerio Proietti, creator of Mootools
source [davidwalsh.name] (in the comments)

You've seen them - the ubiquitous Web2.1 Accordion, the JavaScript effect that expands and collapses sections of content by clicking on a trigger element. Are they really that bad? The worst thing that ever happened to the web? I thought IE6 held that honour. Or perhaps <marquee>.

Fotiman

2:49 pm on Jul 14, 2009 (gmt 0)

Actually, I vote for Netscape 4 as the worst thing. :)

I don't find anything bad about accordions. As with all UI controls, they have specific places where they are useful.