Posts Tagged ‘nielsen’
Mega-Menus Gone Wrong (Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox)
Posted in Delicious Links on December 8th, 2010 by Rafael MontenegroMental Models (Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox)
Posted in Delicious Links on November 3rd, 2010 by Rafael Montenegro
"Summary:
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"
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"
Jakob Nielsen Got It (Mostly) Wrong | Useful Usability
Posted in Delicious Links on November 3rd, 2010 by Rafael Montenegro
"Do not assume, as Jakob Nielsen’s Alphabetical Sorting article implies, that A-Z listings are usually not the best way to present a list to users. Instead, carefully evaluate your typical users and their tasks, based on the following listing selection parameters, and make a more informed decision about whether to use A-Z listings, or something else."
» Usability Ain’t Everything – A Response to Jakob Nielsen’s iPad Usability Study Johnny Holland – It’s all about interaction » Blog Archive
Posted in Delicious Links on June 7th, 2010 by Rafael Montenegro
"The conclusion of the Nielsen Norman Group’s April 2010 study of iPad usability is that it has problems and more standards are the solution. Yes, the iPad is imperfect, but resorting to standards as the solution is an antiquated reaction that fails to consider how interactive systems have evolved. We’re not Usability Engineers anymore (not most of us, anyway); we’re User Experience Designers. Experience is more than just usability."
iPad Usability: First Findings From User Testing (Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox)
Posted in Delicious Links on May 20th, 2010 by Rafael MontenegroScrolling and Attention (Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox)
Posted in Delicious Links on April 8th, 2010 by Rafael Montenegro
Here we go again: "The implications are clear: the material that's the most important for the users' goals or your business goals should be above the fold. Users do look below the fold, but not nearly as much as they look above the fold. "