Steve Krug

When you’re designing Web pages, it’s probably a good idea to assume that everything is visual noise until proven otherwise.

A usability consultant (Apple, Netscape, AOL, Lexus) and a highly sought-after speaker on usability design.

Design & Arts
Website Development

Noise & Distraction
UX Design
Web Design

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Infinite scrolling should never be employed for interfaces in which users need to get to the end of the list quickly, or need to return to a particular list item after navigating elsewhere.

Alan Cooper

An American software designer and programmer. Widely recognized as the “Father of Visual Basic".

Tips & Advice
Usability
UX Design
UX Elements

Most accidents are thought to be caused by what is referred to as human error, yet most of them are actually due to design errors rather than errors of human operation.

William Lidwell

The Director of Design at Stuff Creators Design in Houston and author of the best-selling design book, Universal Principles of Design.

Design Principles
Industrial Design
UX Design

We know screen real estate is limited, and attempting to cram too much information on a page often does more harm than good.

Jakob Nielsen

A former Sun Microsystems Engineer and "The world's leading expert on Web usability" (www.useit.com).

UX Design
White Space

Public kiosks run an unfortunate risk of being a disease vector, so your first pass should try for noncontact inputs like voice, proximity switches, or non-contact gestural inputs.

Alan Cooper

An American software designer and programmer. Widely recognized as the “Father of Visual Basic".

Tips & Advice
Usability
UX Design
UX Elements

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Infinite scrolling should never be employed for interfaces in which users need to get to the end of the list quickly, or need to return to a particular list item after navigating elsewhere.

Alan Cooper

William Lidwell

Jakob Nielsen

Public kiosks run an unfortunate risk of being a disease vector, so your first pass should try for noncontact inputs like voice, proximity switches, or non-contact gestural inputs.

Alan Cooper

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