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 87 min read
Join the AI Revolution Now, or Forever Regret Missing Out
The transformative potential of the AI revolution is a career opportunity. Early engagement in AI creates joy and self-realization.
Jakob Nielsen
Aug 29, 20245 min read
AI Optimism
AI’s impact on job markets will likely mirror previous innovations. The projected 10,000x increase in AI by 2027 will bring wealth and jobs.
Jakob Nielsen
Aug 22, 20247 min read
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
Aug 15, 202420 min read
UX Roundup: 10 UX Insights | Dark Design | Y Oslo | Low-Latency Voice | Movie Posters | Hero Videos
Top 10 foundational UX insights | 76% of online services use dark design patterns | Low-latency voice communication | Video as hero images
Jakob Nielsen
Jul 12, 20247 min read
UX Roundup: Survey Response Options | Ideogram | Deepfaking User Test Videos | AI IA | LDM = Large Design Model | Web History | AI Writes 10% of Science Papers
Discrete response options best measure users’ subjective satisfaction | Disguising test users | Shopify AI helps merchants' IA | LDM GenUI
Jakob Nielsen
Jul 8, 202410 min read
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
Jakob Nielsen
Jun 3, 202417 min read
UX Roundup: Synchronizing Captions | SUS Survey | First Mac GUI | Student/Beginner Portfolios | Solve the Easy Problem | More UX Songs
Auto-sync makes YouTube captions easier to create | SUS questionnaire user satisfaction is too long | Revolutionary first Mac GUI
Jakob Nielsen
Apr 15, 20247 min read
UX Roundup: Early Facebook UX | Hybrid UI for Generative UI | Eyetracking | Slack UX | Small-Language GPT | AI UX Courses | Jakob Live | Better AI Songs
Julie Zhou recalls Facebook’s early user interface designs | Tools for generative UI need a hybrid UI | Early eyetracking reseach
Jakob Nielsen
Mar 22, 202410 min read
How I Developed the 10 Usability Heuristics
Jakob Nielsen’s 10 usability heuristics were defined from a factor analysis of a large set of usability principles.
Jakob Nielsen
Feb 15, 20248 min read
41 Years in UX: A Career Retrospective
Jakob Nielsen has worked in user experience since 1983. Much changed, including moving from academia to practice but the mission remains!
Jakob Nielsen
Jan 17, 202412 min read
UX Vocabulary Inflation
UX suffers from constant reinvention of the terminology used to describe our concepts, leading to confusion, miscommunication, and rework.
Jakob Nielsen
Oct 6, 20238 min read
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.
Jakob Nielsen
Sep 22, 20234 min read
Will AI Cause Wage Stagnation or Growth?
Average wages are flat for the first 50 years after a major economic revolution. AI is a revolution, but with a different outcome.
Jakob Nielsen
Aug 25, 20237 min read
What Is UX? (Part 1 of 2 of Jakob Nielsen’s UX Basics Article)
The information everybody should know about user experience, defining and explaining the terminology. (Part 1 of 2)
Jakob Nielsen
Aug 14, 202310 min read