

UX Roundup: Image Models Compared | Writing for the Web | AI vs. Human Cognition | E-Commerce Usability | Multimodal Music Models
Summary : New Image Models: Microsoft MAI-Image-1 vs. Grok Image 0.9 | Writing digital content: Julius Caesar as a role model | Should AI mimic human cognition? | AI helps e-commerce sell more | AI singers understand the lyrics UX Roundup for November 17, 2025. (GPT Image-1) New Image Models: Microsoft MAI-Image-1 vs. Grok Image 0.9 Microsoft has released a new text-to-image model on www.bing.com/create , called MAI-Image-1. I tested it with the same prompt I had used with
Jakob Nielsen
Nov 1713 min read


Think-Time UX: Design to Support Cognitive Latency
Summary: Next-generation AI-UX design must deliver human handoff harmony, with seamless transitions between machine execution and user cognition that recognize people’s limited mental processing budgets across different time periods. Includes 23 UX design patterns that support cognitive latency. Design to support the different time scales of human cognition. (Seedream 4) My good buddy Steve Krug famously said, “Don’t Make Me Think,” as his rule number one for achieving usab
Jakob Nielsen
Oct 2327 min read


Metaphor in UX Design
UX metaphors help users learn new interfaces by transferring knowledge from familiar concepts. They bridge designers’ conceptual models with users’ mental models through analogical reasoning, mapping multiple attributes between source and target domains.
Jakob Nielsen
Aug 1428 min read


AI Storytelling: Aesthetic and Minimalist Design (Usability Heuristic 8)
Summary: A storybook that metaphorically explains minimalist design through pictures and a story. Storytelling is more memorable and...
Jakob Nielsen
Aug 74 min read


Gestalt Principles for Visual UI Design
Rooted in over a century of psychological research, the 9 Gestalt principles are essential for designing user interface layouts.
Jakob Nielsen
Sep 12, 20248 min read


Does AI Numb the Brain?
Will AI turn our brains to mush? History suggests otherwise. New tech always sparks fears of cognitive decline. But AI will free our minds.
Jakob Nielsen
Mar 20, 20245 min read
