Apr 1, 2023 · Biography: Jakob Nielsen, Ph.D., is a usability advocate and retired principal of the Nielsen Norman Group: User Experience Research, Training, and Consulting.

The company was established in 1998 by two UX pioneers, Dr. Jakob Nielsen and Dr. Don Norman. Among their many contributions, Jakob developed the Ten Usability Heuristics and …

In 1983, usability was an oppressed discipline. We few pioneers had to struggle against the prevailing attitude that computing is about power and features — not ease of use and a …

What is usability? How, when, and where can you improve it? Why should you care? Jakob Nielsen defines key usability concepts - give to your boss or anyone else who doesn't have …

Designing Web Usability: The Practice of Simplicity. Jakob Nielsen, 1999. Over 250,000 Internet professionals around the world have turned to this landmark, definitive guide to usability.

A successful usability career requires some theoretical knowledge, but mainly rests on brainpower and many years' experience testing and studying users. The only way to gain that experience …

Don Norman gets the credit for the vision: In the late 1990s, the world needed an elite usability company. In any other field, you could find companies at all desired levels, from cheap local …

Jan 31, 1994 · Nielsen established the "discount usability engineering" movement for fast and cheap improvements of user interfaces and has invented several usability methods, including …

Apr 24, 1994 · Jakob Nielsen's 10 general principles for interaction design. They are called "heuristics" because they are broad rules of thumb and not specific usability guidelines.

Jakob Nielsen's classic book discusses the most important of the guidelines for Web usability. It also revisits guidelines from the 1990s in light of newer research.