

UX Roundup: Year of the Horse | Creative Workflow | AI Coding | Usability Scaling | Was I Right or Wrong? | 30,000 Citations | Winning AI Video
Summary : Year of the Fire Horse | Reversing creative workflows | AI coding wins complete dominance | Usability scaling continues | 40 years of being right become 40 years of being wrong | Usability Engineering book passes 30,000 citations | Award-winning AI video UX Roundup for February 16, 2026: Happy Year of the Horse! (xx) Year of the Fire Horse Happy Year of the Horse! But it’s not just any old horse this year, it’s the fire horse, a combination that only comes aroun

Jakob Nielsen
2 days ago15 min read


2026 Predictions as a Comic Book and Poster Series
Summary: Short and easily digested versions of Jakob Nielsen’s 18 predictions for UX and AI in 2026: A 10-Page comic book and a series of 10 posters. My 18 predictions for UX and AI in 2026 turned into a very long article of almost 10,000 words. I recommend reading the full thing, because details matter. But if you’re pressed for time, here are three fast ways of getting an overview: Music video about AI & UX in 2026 (YouTube, 5 min.) A 10-page comic strip A series of 10 s

Jakob Nielsen
Jan 266 min read


UX Roundup: 2026 Predictions | AI Analyzing Usability | Character Consistency | DeepMind Documentary | Amazon Agent | AI Prescriptions | Mechanical Turk
Summary : New video with 2026 predictions for AI & UX | AI analyzing usability test recordings | Character consistency still difficult | Google DeepMind documentary film | Amazon’s ecommerce agent Rufus does well | AI renews drug prescriptions | Problems using Mechanical Turk for user research UX Roundup for January 19, 2026. (Nano Banana Pro) 2026 Predictions: The Music Video The article with my 18 predictions for AI and UX in 2026 is very long (almost 10,000 words), so I

Jakob Nielsen
Jan 1917 min read


Usability Testing Process Explained in Comic Strips
Summary: Three storylines from different categories of product design: apps, websites, and consumer electronics, all told in comic-strip format. Different cartooning styles are used to convey varying levels of detail, including a humorous version told through animal characters. I made all the comics in this article with Nano Banana Pro. I have a systematic 12-step process for planning, running, and analyzing a usability study . Unfortunately, the write-up of the full proce

Jakob Nielsen
Dec 4, 20253 min read


Nano Banana Pro is the “ChatGPT Moment” for Visual Communication
Summary: Google's Nano Banana Pro takes AI image generation mainstream, making professional visual communication accessible to everyone. Integrating with Gemini 3 Pro's reasoning engine, it creates professional infographics, comic strips, and visual resumes instantly. While imperfect, with occasional typos, excessive verbosity, and generic default styling, it outperforms competitors for practical applications. This advancement will transform how we explain complex informati

Jakob Nielsen
Nov 28, 202512 min read


UX Career Pivot for the AI Age: Told in Manga by 4 Different AI Models
4 AI models competed to use the Manga comic book format to tell the story of how to pivot your AI career for AI. See which manga you like the best. All succeeded in condensing a long theoretical article into a few engaging pages, reducing the word count by 94%.

Jakob Nielsen
Jul 17, 20253 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


Generating Persistent Characters: Still Too Difficult
Generative AI for images does not draw the same characters with the same appearance in different illustrations, as needed for personas.

Jakob Nielsen
Dec 15, 20235 min read
