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Jakob Nielsen

Aug 15
20 min

10 Foundational Insights for UX

Summary : UX has come a long way since its early beginnings at Bell Labs in the 1940s. As we enter Year 2 of the AI revolution, it’s...

Jakob Nielsen

Jun 6
2 min

End of Monoculture UI

Escape from the smartphone being the end all of user interface design. Bigger screens with richer data display hold much potential for UX.

UX Roundup: First Mouse | Dark AI | AI Spend Grows | Most Drivers Think They’re Above Average | 4 Clicks = 4 AI Models

Jakob Nielsen

Jun 3
17 min

UX Roundup: First Mouse | Dark AI | AI Spend Grows | Most Drivers Think They’re Above Average | 4 Clicks = 4 AI Models

First computer mouse in museum | Beware dark AI design | 293% y/y growth in companies’ AI spend | Most drivers think they’re above average

UX Roundup: Synchronizing Captions | SUS Survey | First Mac GUI | Student/Beginner Portfolios | Solve the Easy Problem | More UX Songs

Jakob Nielsen

Apr 15
7 min

Auto-sync makes YouTube captions easier to create | SUS questionnaire user satisfaction is too long | Revolutionary first Mac GUI

UX Roundup: Have AI Check You | Toast Notifications | GUI Course | Boring UX | Human Designer vs. AI Design

Jakob Nielsen

Mar 25
8 min

UX Roundup: Have AI Check You | Toast Notifications | GUI Course | Boring UX | Human Designer vs. AI Design

Turning the tables: Use AI to check your work | Toast notifications are a burnt GUI widget | Do people prefer human or AI design?

UX Roundup: AI Saves Fuel | Checkboxes Must be Square | Good Books | AI Jobs Grow | Perplexity Grows

Jakob Nielsen

Mar 15
8 min

UX Roundup: AI Saves Fuel | Checkboxes Must be Square | Good Books | AI Jobs Grow | Perplexity Grows

Saving fuel by AI-optimized airline routing | Apple violates 40 years of GUI standards | Recommended reading about storytelling and non-UX

Accessibility Has Failed: Try Generative UI = Individualized UX

Jakob Nielsen

Feb 29
7 min

Accessibility Has Failed: Try Generative UI = Individualized UX

Traditional accessibility methods have been tried for 30 years without improving usability for disabled users. Generative UI may be better.

Jakob Nielsen

Sep 27, 2023
9 min

3 Wishes for AI UX

AI requires three transformative shifts: tight UX in AI development, a hybrid interface of GUI plus prompts, and Super-AI integration.

Navigating the Web with Text vs. GUI Browsers: AI UX Is 1992 All Over Again

Jakob Nielsen

Sep 22, 2023
4 min

Navigating the Web with Text vs. GUI Browsers: AI UX Is 1992 All Over Again

Only after GUI browsers launched in 1993 did the web explode. AI needs a similar GUI revolution in usability.

UX News: Discount Envy | AI for All | GUI Toggle Design | Tradeshow User Research | Lightweight UI

Jakob Nielsen

Sep 11, 2023
8 min

UX News: Discount Envy | AI for All | GUI Toggle Design | Tradeshow User Research | Lightweight UI

Coupon-code fields make ecommerce shoppers green with discount envy | Guidelines for toggle switch design | User research at tradeshows

Jakob Nielsen

Sep 1, 2023
8 min

Classic Usability Important for AI

AI products are fraught with basic usability errors, violating decades-old UX findings. Simple fixes will save AI users much pain.

Direct Manipulation: A Fundamental Element of Graphical User Interfaces

Jakob Nielsen

Jul 27, 2023
4 min

Direct Manipulation: A Fundamental Element of Graphical User Interfaces

With direct manipulation users control visual objects through physical gestures, incremental reversible actions & real-time feedback.

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AI Vastly Improves Productivity for Business Users and Reduces Skill Gaps

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