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March 26 2012
A/B Testing, Usability Engineering, Radical Innovation: What Pays Best? (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox, March 26, 2012)
3 approaches to better design: each has its uses, but the costs, benefits, and risks differ dramatically.March 12 2012
Usability in the Movies: Top 10 Bloopers (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox 2006)
User interfaces in film are more exciting than they are realistic, and he=March 11 2012
Disruptive Workflow Design (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox, March 12, 2012)
Smooth-flow task performance makes application use pleasurable. But disruptions are all too common due to crinkly design or creaking implementation.February 17 2012
Eyetracking Methodology: Free 159-page report - How to Conduct and Evaluate Usability Studies Using Eye Tracking
This report presents our advice on the best way to run eyetracking studie=February 13 2012
Mobile Sites vs. Apps: The Coming Strategy Shift (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox, February 13, 2012)
Mobile apps currently have better usability than mobile sites, but forthcoming changes will eventually make a mobile site the superior strategy.January 31 2012
Browser and GUI Chrome (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox, January 30, 2012)
"Chrome" is the user interface overhead that surrounds user data and web page content. Although chrome obesity can eat half of the available pixels, a reasonable amount enhances usability.January 16 2012
Thinking Aloud: The #1 Usability Tool (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox, January 16, 2012 )
Simple usability tests where users think out loud are cheap, robust, flexible, and easy to learn. Thinking aloud should be the first tool in your UX toolbox, even though it entails some risks and doesn't solve all problems.December 21 2011
234 tips for recruiting test users for usability testing
"My holiday present to you for being a loyal reader this year is a free copy of our report "234 Tips for Recruiting Users as Participants in Usability Studies"" Jacob Nirlsen, 2011-11-20November 07 2011
Mobile UX Sharpens Usability Guidelines (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox, November 7, 2011)
Many guidelines are similar for mobile and desktop design, but their mobile interpretation is much more unforgiving.August 29 2011
Transmedia Design for 3 Screens - Make That 5 (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox, August 29, 2011)
"Mobile use will rise, but desktop computers will remain important, forcing companies to design for multiple platforms, requiring continuity in visual design, features, user data, and tone of voice. " -- "Many people predict that mobile devices will be the only important user interface platform in the so-called "post-PC" future. Some even recommend designing websites for mobile first, and then modifying the design for the desktop PC as an afterthought. I disagree."May 09 2011
Utilize Available Screen Space (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox, May 9, 2011)
Websites and mobile apps both frequently cram options into too-small parts of the screen, making items harder to understand.April 27 2011
Workflow Expectations: Presenting Steps at the Right Time (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox, April 26, 2011)
Actions at one step of an application impact subsequent steps. When users don't understand this relationship, usability suffers.April 12 2011
Incompetent Research Skills Curb Users' Problem Solving (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox, April 11, 2011)
Users increasingly rely on individual pages listed by search engines instead of finding better ways to tackle problems.March 28 2011
Optimizing a Screen for Mobile Use (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox, March 28, 2011)
A single mobile screen with almost no features still required 10 design changes to meet usability guidelines for mobile websites.February 28 2011
Mobile Content Is Twice as Difficult (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox, February 28, 2011)
When reading from an iPhone-sized screen, comprehension scores for complex Web content were 48% of desktop monitor scores.November 16 2010
Mega-Menus Gone Wrong (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox, November 16, 2010)
Big 2-D drop-downs can facilitate site navigation — if they're properly designed. Two examples illustrate some mega-menu usability pitfalls.November 01 2010
Photos as Web Content (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox, November 1, 2010)
Users pay close attention to photos and other images that contain relevant information but ignore fluffy pictures used to "jazz up" Web pages.October 18 2010
Mental Models (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox, October 18, 2010)
What users believe they know about a UI strongly impacts how they use it. Mismatched mental models are common, especially with designs that try something new.October 03 2010
Alphabetical Sorting Must (Mostly) Die (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox, October 4, 2010)
"Ordinal sequences, logical structuring, time lines, or prioritization by importance or frequency are usually better than A–Z listings for presenting options to users. " JN
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