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Jakob Nielsen

Aug 1520 min read

10 Foundational Insights for UX

Summary : UX has come a long way since its early beginnings at Bell Labs in the 1940s. As we enter Year 2 of the AI revolution, it’s...

Jakob Nielsen

Jun 62 min read

End of Monoculture UI

Escape from the smartphone being the end all of user interface design. Bigger screens with richer data display hold much potential for UX.

UX Roundup: First Mouse | Dark AI | AI Spend Grows | Most Drivers Think They’re Above Average | 4 Clicks = 4 AI Models

Jakob Nielsen

Jun 317 min read

UX Roundup: First Mouse | Dark AI | AI Spend Grows | Most Drivers Think They’re Above Average | 4 Clicks = 4 AI Models

First computer mouse in museum | Beware dark AI design | 293% y/y growth in companies’ AI spend | Most drivers think they’re above average

UX Roundup: Synchronizing Captions | SUS Survey | First Mac GUI | Student/Beginner Portfolios | Solve the Easy Problem | More UX Songs

Jakob Nielsen

Apr 157 min read

Auto-sync makes YouTube captions easier to create | SUS questionnaire user satisfaction is too long | Revolutionary first Mac GUI

UX Roundup: Have AI Check You | Toast Notifications | GUI Course | Boring UX | Human Designer vs. AI Design

Jakob Nielsen

Mar 258 min read

UX Roundup: Have AI Check You | Toast Notifications | GUI Course | Boring UX | Human Designer vs. AI Design

Turning the tables: Use AI to check your work | Toast notifications are a burnt GUI widget | Do people prefer human or AI design?

UX Roundup: AI Saves Fuel | Checkboxes Must be Square | Good Books | AI Jobs Grow | Perplexity Grows

Jakob Nielsen

Mar 158 min read

UX Roundup: AI Saves Fuel | Checkboxes Must be Square | Good Books | AI Jobs Grow | Perplexity Grows

Saving fuel by AI-optimized airline routing | Apple violates 40 years of GUI standards | Recommended reading about storytelling and non-UX

Accessibility Has Failed: Try Generative UI = Individualized UX

Jakob Nielsen

Feb 297 min read

Accessibility Has Failed: Try Generative UI = Individualized UX

Traditional accessibility methods have been tried for 30 years without improving usability for disabled users. Generative UI may be better.

Jakob Nielsen

Sep 27, 20239 min read

3 Wishes for AI UX

AI requires three transformative shifts: tight UX in AI development, a hybrid interface of GUI plus prompts, and Super-AI integration.

Navigating the Web with Text vs. GUI Browsers: AI UX Is 1992 All Over Again

Jakob Nielsen

Sep 22, 20234 min read

Navigating the Web with Text vs. GUI Browsers: AI UX Is 1992 All Over Again

Only after GUI browsers launched in 1993 did the web explode. AI needs a similar GUI revolution in usability.

UX News: Discount Envy | AI for All | GUI Toggle Design | Tradeshow User Research | Lightweight UI

Jakob Nielsen

Sep 11, 20238 min read

UX News: Discount Envy | AI for All | GUI Toggle Design | Tradeshow User Research | Lightweight UI

Coupon-code fields make ecommerce shoppers green with discount envy | Guidelines for toggle switch design | User research at tradeshows

Jakob Nielsen

Sep 1, 20238 min read

Classic Usability Important for AI

AI products are fraught with basic usability errors, violating decades-old UX findings. Simple fixes will save AI users much pain.

Direct Manipulation: A Fundamental Element of Graphical User Interfaces

Jakob Nielsen

Jul 27, 20234 min read

Direct Manipulation: A Fundamental Element of Graphical User Interfaces

With direct manipulation users control visual objects through physical gestures, incremental reversible actions & real-time feedback.

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