Beware the 'users focus on faces' assertion. Tom Tullis and his colleagues at Fidelity found that put a person's face next to an item rendered the whole thing invisible. It was a kind of instant 'banner ad blindness' phenomenon. I talked to him about it at their poster at CHI in Boston. It was a startling result.
Regards, William Hudson Syntagm Ltd Design for Usability UK 01235-522859 World +44-1235-522859 US Toll Free 1-866-SYNTAGM mailto:[email protected] http://www.syntagm.co.uk skype:williamhudsonskype Syntagm is a limited company registered in England and Wales (1985). Registered number: 1895345. Registered office: 10 Oxford Road, Abingdon OX14 2DS. Courses in card sorting and Ajax interaction design - Las Vegas and Berlin: http://www.nngroup.com/events/ > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:discuss- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of David Lambert > Sent: 24 September 2009 6:58 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [IxDA Discuss] 10 Useful Usability Findings and Guidelines > > Interesting article from smashing.com: > > http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/09/24/10-useful-usability- > findings-and-guidelines/ > > Topics: > > * Form Labels Work Best Above The Field > * Users Focus On Faces ... ________________________________________________________________ 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
