

UX Roundup: Design Metrics | Users Don’t Like to Read | Kids and Dark Design | Chinese Design | Single Name Field | Stop CAPTCHA | Nuclear Google
Design metrics that measure user value | Users don’t like to read | Children’s awareness of dark design patterns | Why Chinese design looks
Jakob Nielsen
Oct 21, 20248 min read


Strong AI Creativity
Summary : AI is reshaping the landscape of creativity and innovation. AI outperforms humans in both general ideation and the production...
Jakob Nielsen
Oct 17, 20249 min read


UX Roundup: AI in Mathematics | Mainstreaming Usability | Sparkles Emoji | Changing E-Commerce Guidelines | SFTechWeek Event
AI makes mathematics research more scalable | Usability enters the mainstream | Sparkles emoji as the icon for AI in user interfaces
Jakob Nielsen
Oct 14, 202410 min read


UX Roundup: Consultants Don’t Work | Apple AI | AI as General-Purpose Technology | Generative UI for the Enterprise
Consultants don’t work for improving productivity through AI | Apple AI = bad AI | AI is a general-purpose technology | Enterprise GenUI
Jakob Nielsen
Oct 10, 20247 min read


UX Roundup: OpenAI Canvas | Evaluating AI Video | AI Podcast | AI Translation | AI Adoption & Retention | Flux 1.1
OpenAI Canvas heralds hybrid UI for AI | Evaluating AI video models in pairwise quality comparisons | AI-created podcast | AI translation
Jakob Nielsen
Oct 7, 202411 min read


UX Roundup: Jakob Live | Reducing Extreme Poverty | Training with AI Agents | Healthcare Leapfrogging | Human vs AI Doctors | AI Leaderboard
Progress in reducing extreme poverty | AI Agents as training aides | Will AI finally leapfrog healthcare delivery?
Jakob Nielsen
Oct 3, 202411 min read


UX Roundup: AI-Created Podcast | Likely to Recommend? | Unproductive Metrics | Are UIs Needed? | Faster Tech Diffusion | AI Predictions | Sam Altman Essay | AI UX Job
Podcast created by AI | What people say vs. do relative to product recommendations | Metrics that incentivize the wrong behavior
Jakob Nielsen
Sep 30, 202411 min read


4 Metaphors for Working with AI: Intern, Coworker, Teacher, Coach
Viewing AI as an eager but unskilled intern was appropriate in early 2023, but this metaphor is now too limiting for good AI use.
Jakob Nielsen
Sep 26, 202414 min read


UX Roundup: Learning User Testing | Writing with AI | AI Data Center Walkthrough | Runway Experimental UI | AI As Expert Tutor | Geographical Advantage Saudis | Motion Brush
Learn user testing through in-person sessions | Dialectic writing with AI | AI taking the lead to guide users
Jakob Nielsen
Sep 23, 20249 min read


AI Companions Reduce Loneliness
AI companions, like virtual friends, are helping people feel more connected. They offer modest but meaningful reductions in loneliness.
Jakob Nielsen
Sep 19, 20246 min read


UX Roundup: AI Editing | Speaking This Week | Bad Innovation | Faster Midjourney | Feeling Less Rushed | Improving International Collaboration | OpenAI o1
From AI generation to AI editing | Innovation can be harmful | Is Midjourney getting faster? | AI may make workers feel less time pressure
Jakob Nielsen
Sep 16, 202411 min read


Gestalt Principles for Visual UI Design
Rooted in over a century of psychological research, the 9 Gestalt principles are essential for designing user interface layouts.
Jakob Nielsen
Sep 12, 20248 min read


UX Roundup: UX Leadership Templates | Old Users | Bilingual AI | Wireframes | UX Tarot | AI Course
UX leadership templates | Designing for old users | Use AI to ideate bilingual content | Benefits of wireframes for early UI design
Jakob Nielsen
Sep 9, 20245 min read


Watch What Users Do, Don’t Listen to What They Say: Revealed Preferences vs. the Query Effect
Actions speak louder than words. Observation trumps inquiry. Reality defies expectation. Abandon self-reported bias and focus on observation
Jakob Nielsen
Sep 5, 20245 min read


UX Roundup: Jakob Live | AI in Education | Bill Gates on AI | Midjourney Styles | Flux Versions Compared
Summary : Jakob live on Internet Sept. 19 | AI helps education but teachers are poorly supported | Bill Gates thinks AI is easy |...
Jakob Nielsen
Sep 3, 202410 min read