Personally, I think eye-tracking is only useful when testing a specific interface. It's hard to draw general conclusions because it will vary.
I also had a problem with this article in that it states where users are more likely to look, (upper left corner - where we tend to place the logo.) Do we design because they are more likely to look there or do they look there due to standards in design? Users are less likely to notice graphics in the right pane, because they are accustomed to ads being placed there. They start being placed in the upper left corner and move the logo to the right (just to make a point) than after awhile these eye-tracking studies will show users tend to ignore the upper left corner and look to the upper right. For the most part I did find the article a "No, duh" for our community. I think the only new piece of information that I became conscious of is users tending to notice text before graphics. Again, I think this varies. I've seen eye-tracking studies done for specific interfaces and the results made sense for them. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=22825 ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
