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Originally published in MediaPost's Search Insider , October 29, 2009. A few years ago, I interviewed usability expert Jakob Nielsen about where search might go in the future. He shared an interesting insight: " I think there...
This week I attended the Usability Week conference by the Nielsen Norman Group in Berlin. It was really fun. Unfortunately, I was only able to attend two seminars and the evening plenary on Monday evening. For some reason it...
Originally published on the LTU Web Design blog, April 24, 2008: I decided to give myself three simple parameters in choosing my list of all-time web design faves: The web site must be timely, informative, inspirational and...
Buttons, whatever their purpose, are important design elements. One of the most important reasons, though, is that standard buttons can easily be missed by users because they often look similar to elements in their operating...
Modern Warfare 2 is the biggest media launch of all time but PC gamers are hopping mad, how come usability expert Jakob Nielsen's site looks so bad, and so long Geocities... For additional show notes, visit the wiki page for...
Banks, credit-card companies and other financial firms are doing everything they can to wean us off paper. Planning for Retirement At Any Age Companies are asking, cajoling, even paying people to ditch paper--and it's working....
An article titled “What Gets Lost When Our Finances Go Paperless,” includes a couple of comments by web-usability expert, Dr. Jakob Nielsen, that are worth mentioning. From the Article: The problem is we take in information...
Who pays for content and services on the internet? My friend Bo Peabody thinks we should be asking not just whether ad-supported journalism is feasible , but whether ad-supported social networks will work. In a Washington Post...
Blog writing is vastly different from “long” writing seen in newspapers and magazines. The idea behind blog writing is to capture a reader’s attention immediately, create succinct articles, and keep the word count under 500...
Do you think you're more likely to look at an online ad if it contains 1) a picture, 2) an animation or 3) just text? The findings are presented in a chapter of a new book, Eyetracking Web Usability, by Jakob Nielsen and Kara...
