6 themes for UX in 2025 | Testing new AI with your own challenging tasks | AI middling at analyzing usability tests | AI’s impact on UX jobs

Summary : AI can ask follow-up questions in usability sessions | The top 3 UX evaluation methods | AI use in UX | New hybrid UI for AI...

Using AI to repurpose content into additional formats | Cheatsheet with AI prompts for user research | Worst UI ever | Flexible displays

Actions speak louder than words. Observation trumps inquiry. Reality defies expectation. Abandon self-reported bias and focus on observation

AI shows more empathy than human doctors | “Submit” considered harmful | Europe too slow for AI | Prompt AI for user research questions

No secrets in UX | Figma GenUI | Image stylistic variations in generative AI | AI used for dark design | How to get respect for UX

Study of how user researchers use AI | Integrating AI within an existing software product | Short highlights from Jakob’s recent videos

Iterative user research | Pilot study | AI Companions | Dark design | Templates for usability studies

AI offers many benefits in user research and can enhance, but not replace, the human touch in user-centered design.

AI’s probabilistic nature changes all areas of user experience, impacting users, UX researchers, and designers.

AI is a general-purpose technology that can double economic growth | Comparing human card sorting with AI categorization

AI can already perform many UX tasks. It will do more in the future, including maybe UI design. But AI will not replace watching users.

Simplifying product lines saves money | Anchor users’ expectations for how much to write by making text entry boxes bigger | Reporting on UX

Wasting user research on low-value questions | Frame UX work for higher business impact | AI impact on the design profession: good taste

UX hot take on OpenAI’s keynote announcements | Jakob’s Razor: don’t overcomplicate matters and start with a qualitative user test w 5 users

Award-Winning AI-Enabled UX Design & Research Tools You Need to Try | Flow chart for better error messages | Alternate payment options

Many analytics results are wrong. Better tests will be more expensive and identify fewer design winners. This lowers ROI from analytics.

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

UX News Roundup: A collection of recommended links with comments.

The definitive article on user experience, delineating the reasons for implementing UX and the main methods to do so. (Part 2 of 2)