http://www.useit.com/alertbox/ Current Issues in Web Usability Jakob Nielsen 2010-08-23T15:25:01+09:00 http://www.useit.com/alertbox/copy-big-sites.html Although successful websites typically have high usability, average sites can hurt their business by copying design elements that don't work well in other contexts. Jakob Nielsen 2010-08-23T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.useit.com/alertbox/blog-front-pages.html Showing summaries of many articles is more likely to draw in users than providing full articles, which can quickly exhaust reader interest. Jakob Nielsen 2010-08-09T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.useit.com/alertbox/interviews.html Despite many weaknesses, interviews are a valuable method for exploratory user research. Jakob Nielsen 2010-07-26T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.useit.com/alertbox/ipad-kindle-reading.html A study of people reading long-form text on tablets finds higher reading speeds than in the past, but they're still slower than reading print. Jakob Nielsen 2010-07-02T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.useit.com/alertbox/response-times.html Slow page rendering today is typically caused by server delays or overly fancy page widgets, not by big images. Users still hate slow sites and don't hesitate telling us. Jakob Nielsen 2010-06-21T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.useit.com/alertbox/sharepoint.html As intranet projects benefit from powerful implementation platforms, teams should focus on optimizing the user experience for specific organizational needs, as 4 winning examples show. Jakob Nielsen 2010-06-07T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.useit.com/alertbox/utest-observers.html Besides usability specialists, all design team members should observe usability. It's also good to invite executives. Although biased conclusions are possible, they're far outweighed by the benefits of increased buy-in and empathy. Jakob Nielsen 2010-05-24T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.useit.com/alertbox/ipad.html iPad apps are inconsistent and have low feature discoverability, with frequent user errors due to accidental gestures. An overly strong print metaphor and weird interaction styles cause further usability problems. Jakob Nielsen 2010-05-10T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.useit.com/alertbox/uk-email-newsletters.html The main British parties' email newsletters have higher usability scores than we found for US political newsletters in our last evaluation. Jakob Nielsen 2010-04-26T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.useit.com/alertbox/horizontal-attention.html Web users spend 69% of their time viewing the left half of the page and 30% viewing the right half. A conventional layout is thus more likely to make sites profitable. Jakob Nielsen 2010-04-06T00:00:00+00:00