

UX Roundup: Field Observation of Sticky Notes | Performative Privacy | Response Time Delays | Jakob Fireside Session | Content Supremacy
Users posting sticky note reminders = bad usability | Performative privacy vs. practical privacy | Response time delays: Endlessly watching the spinner

Jakob Nielsen
Jun 30, 202511 min read


Required Fields in Forms: Best Design Practices
Summary : Form design should minimize required fields, collecting only essential data. High-friction fields like phone numbers and...

Jakob Nielsen
Jun 26, 20259 min read


UX Roundup: UX in the Street | AI Video | Infinite Scroll | Simplicity vs. Features | Logo as Coin | AI Blooper | Midjourney Animation
Street interview video about the consistency heuristic | AI auto-generates full videos | Infinite scrolling is a usability quagmire to avoid | Simplicity vs. features

Jakob Nielsen
Jun 23, 202512 min read


Use the AI Transition Period to Transition Your Career
Summary: In the great UX pivot, you have 5 years to trade yesterday’s expertise for tomorrow’s relevance. Legacy UX skills won’t save you...

Jakob Nielsen
Jun 19, 20258 min read


UX Roundup: Caption Contest | AI Toys & Appliances | Liquid Glass
Summary : Caption contest | OpenAI + Mattel team up for AI toys | Apple Liquid Glass has poor usability UX Roundup for June 16, 2025....

Jakob Nielsen
Jun 16, 20259 min read


Learn UX Strategy & Business Alignment: A 10-Week Plan
Summary: 10 weeks’ worth of reading materials and exercises to understand how to align UX work with business strategy and product goals,...

Jakob Nielsen
Jun 12, 202534 min read


UX Roundup: Hamburger Menus | AI Agents | App Overload | Web Images | Modal Overuse
Reserve hamburger menus for small-screen designs | AI agents must remain under user control | One app per thing in your life = app overload | Images stand out on web pages | Overusing modal dialog boxes

Jakob Nielsen
Jun 9, 20256 min read


The 10 Usability Heuristics in Cartoons
Finally, what you have been waiting for: a humorous take on Jakob Nielsen’s classic 10 usability heuristics explained in 80 cartoons.

Jakob Nielsen
Jun 5, 202513 min read


UX Roundup: AI Panic | Progress Indicators | Reversing Idea Flow | AI-Native Companies | Fake AI Research
GUI panic vs. AI panic | Progress bars and percent-done indicators | Reversing the sequence between idea and result | AI-native companies rethink workflows | Fake research: MIT retracts AI creativity paper

Jakob Nielsen
Jun 2, 20257 min read
