Alertbox: Zigzag Layouts | Glanceable Text

New Articles Zigzag Image–Text Layouts Make Scanning Less Efficient Decorative images used in an alternating list layout caused users to stumble when scanning the page in an eyetracking study. Users scanned efficiently on pages where text and imagery were vertically aligned. (11 min. to read) Typography for Glanceable Reading: Bigger Is Better Fonts to support glancing at individual words should be larger, in noncondensed widths, and uppercase over lowercase. (7 min. to read) New Video Your Old Website is the Best Prototype of Your New Website Don't waste time creating prototypes when the designs already exist in the real world. Before you throw out the old and bring in the new, perform user research on existing websites. (2 min. video) UX Conference Las Vegas: December 2–8 Singapore: January 29 – February 2, 2018 Los Angeles: February 25 – March 2 London: March 17–23 Washington, DC: April 14–20 Full event program describing all full-day UX training courses. Deadline to save $200 on Las Vegas registration: This Friday, December 1. 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