UX Roundup: Erik the Red | AI Thematic Analysis | Nano Banana 2.1 | Scrolling | Fast Asymptote in AI Skills | Average Users | Wishlists | Usability Testing Without Findings | Naming Consistency
How Erik the Red discovered Greenland | AI now codes user comments as well as UX researchers do | Google’s Nano Banana 2.1 is only a marginal upgrade | Scrolling imposes a memory load if related items are far apart | Users quickly settle on a narrow set of AI prompts | The average user doesn’t exist
Jakob Nielsen
Oct 922 min read
UX Roundup: Long-Running AI | Consistency | What AI to Use | AI Anxiety | AI Helps Blind Users | NPS
Summary : UX for long-running AI tasks | Consistent user interface design | What are the best AI models to use now | AI anxiety in the workplace | AI helps blind users, but a study found that accessibility challenges remain in current AI UI | NPS scored UX Roundup for November 3, 2025. (Seedream 4) UX For Long-Running AI Tasks New explainer video about the UX of AI that runs for hours or days (YouTube, 5 min.). Concept: Eton upperclassman. I had a hard time making this a
Jakob Nielsen
Nov 3, 202510 min read
UX Roundup: Midjourney Usability Atrocity | AI Drives Traffic | Lip Synch Improvements | Progress in AI Music | You ≠ User
Midjourney doubles down on usability atrocity | AI drives website traffic | Improvements in lip synch for AI avatar videos | AI music improves with Suno 4.5 | You are not the user
Jakob Nielsen
May 12, 20259 min read
Jakob’s Law of the Internet User Experience
Users spend most of their time on other websites, so they expect your site to work like all the other sites they already know.
Jakob Nielsen
Sep 8, 20238 min read