Alertbox: Horizontal Attention Leans Left | The False-Consensus Effect

New Articles Horizontal Attention Leans Left Web users spend 80% of their time viewing the left half of the page and 20% viewing the right half. Adhering to design conventions will help maximize users’ efficiency and company profits. (5 min. to read) You Are not the User: The False-Consensus Effect Designers, developers, and even UX researchers fall prey to the false-consensus effect, projecting their behaviors and reactions onto users. (4 min. to read) New Video Usefulness, Utility, Usability: Why They Matter For products to be useful, they must have both utility and usability. Jakob Nielsen explains why either UX quality alone won't cut it. (2 min. video) UX Conference London: November 11–17 Las Vegas: December 2–8 Singapore: January 29 – February 2, 2018 Los Angeles: February 25 – March 2 Full event program describing all full-day UX training courses. Online Seminars Working with Observers: Involving Colleagues, Stakeholders and Clients for Maximum Benefit (November 8) See list of all online seminars, including on-demand seminars. Copyright © 2017 Nielsen Norman Group, All rights reserved. You're receiving this newsletter because you subscribed at http://www.nngroup.com/articles/subscribe/ Our mailing address is: Nielsen Norman Group 48105 Warm Springs Blvd. Fremont, CA 94539-7498, USA Add us to your address book Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. unsubscribe from this list | change your subscription email address