UX Roundup: Dark Design | Ecommerce Search | Search Engine Traffic Drops | AI vs Mythical Man-Month | AI vs Humans for UI Design | Lady Ada | Europe 2031 | AI Companions | DataViz Job
Dark design patterns | 8 usage patterns for ecommerce search | Search engine traffic drops rapidly | AI overcomes “The Mythical Man-Month” | AI does well in UI design vs. human designers | The story of Ada, Countess of Lovelace | Scenario for European AI until 2031 | Virtual girlfriends/boyfriends rack up double the use of dating apps | Job openings for data visualization design
Jakob Nielsen
Jun 2214 min read
UX Roundup: OpenAI Product Roadmap | Parallel and Iterative AI Use | Virtual Boyfriends | Jakob in SF | Dropdown Menus | Early GUI | AI Urgency | Perplexity Deep Research
Parallel and iterative use of AI improves quality outcomes | Dropdowns must die | Early GUI prototypes | UX needs more urgency about AI
Jakob Nielsen
Feb 17, 202513 min read
AI Companions Reduce Loneliness
AI companions, like virtual friends, are helping people feel more connected. They offer modest but meaningful reductions in loneliness.
Jakob Nielsen
Sep 19, 20246 min read