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Top five usability myths demolished | Econsultancy

Please do not confuse usability with a luxury, a last minute user test, asking users what they like, something which slows down development or a creativity killer. And don’t get me started on why having a rigorous and systematic approach to usability provides great commercial advantage and should NOT be confused with being academic.

http://econsultancy.com/uk/blog/6662-the-top-five-usability-myths-demolished

Nielsen did an eyetracking study on corporate blogs and recommends article summaries on the homepage via @_vhd_

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"On corporate blogs, summaries are usually superior to full articles because they let you expose users to a broad selection of topics. Offering more topics increases the likelihood that users will find something that really interests them and thus will click through to read more. (As opposed to leaving.)"

http://www.useit.com/alertbox/blog-front-pages.html