No More User Interface?
AI products have changed from invisible enhancement of classical user interfaces to soon become the main avenue for users to engage with digital features and content. This may mean the end of UI design in the traditional sense, refocusing designers’ work on orchestrating the experience at a deeper level.
Jakob Nielsen
May 8, 20257 min read
UX Roundup: Developers Outrace UX | AI Traffic Safety | Dovetail Conference | Usability Poster | RIP Prompt Engineering | Comparing 6 Image Models
Developers outracing UX because of AI acceleration | AI is 5x times safer than humans when driving cars | Usability poster | Prompt engineering no longer a viable job
Jakob Nielsen
May 5, 202513 min read
The Answers to 118 UX Quiz Questions
These are the answers to the “Big UX Quiz” that Jakob Nielsen published last week.
Jakob Nielsen
May 1, 202516 min read
UX Roundup: Adapt or Die | Image Style Explorations | Usability Tarot | AI Compute Growth | Auto Slides | Usability Video Game | Logo Styles
Adapt or Die | Image style explorations | Making a custom Tarot card | AI training compute grows 2.5x per year | Converting an article into slides with AI | Usability Hunt video game | Logo style variations
Jakob Nielsen
Apr 28, 20256 min read
The Big UX Quiz: 118 Questions to Challenge Your UX Knowledge
Take the test and check if your knowledge of UX concepts and principles is as broad as you think.
Jakob Nielsen
Apr 24, 202525 min read
UX Roundup: UI vs. UX | Content Con | AI Avoids Traffic Accidents | AI Poetry | Direct vs. Indirect Prompting | Image Gen Progress
UI vs. UX | AI reduces traffic injuries | AI Poetry | Direct vs. Indirect Prompting | Image Gen Progress
Jakob Nielsen
Apr 14, 20258 min read
Aided Prompt Understanding: UX Design Patterns to Build AI Prompting Skills
AI won’t reach its full potential until people better understand how to work with it, but most people have no idea how their AI prompt works
Jakob Nielsen
Apr 10, 20258 min read
UX Roundup: AI as General-Purpose or Cultural Tech | AI for Teamwork | Jakob’s Law Manga | 3 Ages of UX | Action Figure
Is AI general-purpose technology or a cultural force | AI boosts teamwork | Jakob’s Law as a manga | 3 ages of UX | Usability action figure
Jakob Nielsen
Apr 7, 20258 min read
Maximum Minimalism: The Ultimate Evolution of Intuitive Design
Maximum Minimalism removes text and images, leaving only buttons for interaction. This streamlined approach leverages spatial memory.
Jakob Nielsen
Apr 1, 20256 min read
UX Roundup: Modest UX Salary Drop | Reasoning Scaling Law | AI Task Scope Grows | Customer Journey Management | 3 New Image Generators
Reasoning model scaling law confirmed | AI task scope doubles every 7 Months | Customer journey management
Jakob Nielsen
Mar 31, 202510 min read
Prompt Augmentation: UX Design Patterns for Better AI Prompting
Design patterns to overcome the AI articulation barrier: Style Galleries, Prompt Rewrite, Targeted Prompt Rewrite, Related Prompts, Prompt B
Jakob Nielsen
Mar 27, 202517 min read
UX Roundup: Jakob Live | Jakob’s Interview Answers | Perplexity UX Fails | Build a Side Business | Instagram 1K
The state of UX | Don’t settle: build a side business | 1,000 Instagram posts
Jakob Nielsen
Mar 24, 20258 min read
Declining ROI From UX Design Work
Diminishing returns for UX signal victory: usability battles have been won and the low-hanging fruit harvested.
Jakob Nielsen
Mar 20, 202513 min read
UX Roundup: 20K Subscribers | Voice Sound vs Character | Voice UI for Old Users | CoT Explaining AI | Ideogram Release 2a | Easy Avatars | Track AI in Analytics | Gemini Images
Newsletter subscribers | Voice sound vs character | Voice UI for old users | Does chain-of-thought help users form mental models of AI?
Jakob Nielsen
Mar 17, 202515 min read
Does User-Driven Design Still Need User-Centered Design?
Vibe coding places users in control of digital functionality. AI enables rapid, inexpensive design, so UX professionals must pivot.
Jakob Nielsen
Mar 13, 202514 min read