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Jakob Nielsen

Sep 128 min

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

Jul 2210 min

UX salaries down by 12% in a year | To retain top talents, assign them to experiment with AI

UX Roundup: Luxury Usability | User Testing, the Movie | AI = Ozempic | Better Analytics | Job Hunt Advice | Design Similarity

Jakob Nielsen

Apr 298 min

Summary: Luxury websites have bad usability | Poster fail: User testing, the movie | AI is Ozempic for the company | Is Microsoft Clarity...

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

Jakob Nielsen

Mar 258 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?

Jakob Nielsen

Jan 412 min

Curating AI-Generated Images

In an AI-saturated future, true design skill lies not in creation but in the art of choice. Case study: human judgment of 4 AI-generated pix

UX Roundup: Animate Like Bugs | Animation Overload | Image Prompting | Social Media Likes

Jakob Nielsen

Jan 27 min

UX Roundup: Animate Like Bugs | Animation Overload | Image Prompting | Social Media Likes

UX animations should emulate the cartoon physics of Bugs Bunny | AI animation overload looms | Most-liked UX postings on LinkedIn

UX Roundup: Size Matters | AI-UX Job Opening | Midjourney App | Urgency for UX in AI | Eye Contact

Jakob Nielsen

Dec 18, 202310 min

UX Roundup: Size Matters | AI-UX Job Opening | Midjourney App | Urgency for UX in AI | Eye Contact

Summary: Visualize the size of objects on ecommerce product pages | Job Openings: UX Research Generative AI @ Microsoft | Midjourney’s...

Generating Persistent Characters: Still Too Difficult

Jakob Nielsen

Dec 15, 20234 min

Generating Persistent Characters: Still Too Difficult

Generative AI for images does not draw the same characters with the same appearance in different illustrations, as needed for personas.

Photos Improve Website Usability and Credibility

Jakob Nielsen

Nov 22, 20237 min

Photos Improve Website Usability and Credibility

Strong photography conveys information with authenticity, fostering trust in the content provided on a website.

AI Visualizing AI: Beyond the Robot Stereotype

Jakob Nielsen

Nov 1, 20238 min

AI Visualizing AI: Beyond the Robot Stereotype

AI creativity tested by challenging 3 leading generative models to conceptualize “artificial intelligence” without resorting to robots.

UX Roundup: GenAI Visual Shootout | Incremental Gains | Citation Analysis | A Real Recession

Jakob Nielsen

Oct 9, 20236 min

UX Roundup: GenAI Visual Shootout | Incremental Gains | Citation Analysis | A Real Recession

GenAI Visual Shootout | Incremental Gains | Citation Analysis | A Real Recession

4 Metaphors for Working with AI: Intern, Coworker, Teacher, Coach

Top AI Tools Used by UX Professionals

UX Angst of 2023-24

Ideation Is Free: AI Exhibits Strong Creativity, But AI-Human Co-Creation Is Better

The 10 Usability Heuristics Reimagined

Generative AI Enhances Old Users’ Intellectual Performance Through Wise Winnowing

UX Needs a Sense of Urgency About AI

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