Is this picture true or false? My assertion is that it is true, but I would like your collective second opinion. Do you know of some research online on the subject? My explana …

What tools (ideally affordable ones) would folks recommend for creating a website wireframe? What tools have you used, and did you find them better than pen and paper?

A quick example: "Paradox of Choice" - Giving a user more control via options, configuration, and settings is counter-intuitive from a UX standpoint. We expect users will relis …

Whenever I try to introduce someone to usability/ux, I always find myself having to explain the following: The definition of usability/ux. The fact that I make web site easier an …

So I've always had a real haphazard approach to my UX knowledge and research and would really like to consolidate a good bunch of resources. Anyone care to rip open their RSS reade …

This is purely a curiosity question but one I thought would be a bit interesting. Is anyone aware of placebo buttons in use on popular web sites or applications? Either intentional …

What do you think, does a website for a general audience need a "print" link or will the users know how to print the page for themselves (using the browser controls)? Some backgr …

Some user interfaces feature titles such as: My documents My photos My previous orders While others opt for: Your documents Your photos Your previous orders Are their any g …

On UXExchange, I find that I react mildly happy to a positive vote, but I feel disproportionately bad with a negative vote. What are the UX lessons (if any) to take from this? My …

What books would you recommend to someone who's been doing UX for several years (and read the intro books)? The subject can be UX or anything that makes you a better user experie …

Usability tests often present some real surprises where the participant's mental model does not match what they're presented with. What are the biggest or most interesting surpris …

As someone looking to break into the UX field, I'm wondering what I should be preparing myself for and thought I'd throw out this question in a very general sense.

Just finished reading Caroline Jarrett and Gerry Gaffney's Forms that Work and I noticed that while the publisher used a screen shot on the front cover with that date format the au …

There are loads of 'FAIL', 'Bloopers', 'bad experience' and similar sites out there that cataglogue all the crap that is produced - and they are easy to populate. There are sites …

I would like to put together an online portfolio for my UX work. However given that I work in-house on a single project, rather than for an agency, I'm wondering what I ought to in …