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imagine that you are viewing this page on a computer screen, and the computer is tracking your eye movements and knows where your fovea is on the page. Imagine that wherever you look, the right text for that spot on the page is shown clearly in the small area corresponding to your fovea, but everywhere else on the page, the computer shows random, m
... See moreJeff Johnson • Designing with the Mind in Mind: Simple Guide to Understanding User Interface Design Rules
Question: Is a longer or shorter headline more effective? Let’s again turn to psychology. Researchers have conducted hundreds of tests to see just how much the average person can effectively “take in,” or pay attention to. The results from all studies are similar. The average Joe or Jane can process a maximum of five to nine numbers (George A. Mill
... See moreDrew Eric Whitman • Cashvertising: How to Use More Than 100 Secrets of Ad-Agency Psychology to Make BIG MONEY Selling Anything to Anyone (Cashvertising Series)
If you see more than about ten areas of contrast, you could end up with a page that is drawing the eye in too many different directions,
Ben Hunt • Convert!: Designing Web Sites to Increase Traffic and Conversion
website resizes according to the user’s browser preferences can have a huge impact on some people’s ability to use your site effectively. You’ll find a more detailed look at website accessibility, including all of the most current accessibility standards and guidelines, on the W3C website at www.w3.org/WAI/.
Calvin Jones • Understanding Digital Marketing: Marketing Strategies for Engaging the Digital Generation: Volume 1
The Marginalian
Steven Schlafman • 1 card
Arguments against bad and inaccessible UX
Reasonable reasons agains common requests that usually decrease user experience and / or accessibility.
Daniel Wentsch • 4 cards
For pretty much everything that is built, only a small amount of pages and functionality will receive the majority of visits and user time. And though we may have a hunch about what is most important, it’s helpful to look at the actual time spent on pages to ensure we’re not basing our decisions on assumptions. But analytics alone will not tell the
... See moreIrene Pereyra • Universal Principles of UX: 100 Timeless Strategies to Create Positive Interactions between People and Technology (Rockport Universal)
multipoint scale (such as usability
Jeff Sauro • Quantifying the User Experience: Practical Statistics for User Research
interactive lessons with many visualizations and examples on the www.measuringusability.com