user experience articles
From which earlier fields did the origin of usability testing gradually evolve?
What was the core conceptual shift championed by early human factors engineering regarding system failures?
During which period did the practice of systematically testing user interfaces coalesce as technology shifted toward interactive computing?
What influential guide did Jakob Nielsen famously co-author in 1990 to help evaluate user interfaces quickly?
What tension exists between early lab testing and methods prioritized by the pressure of rapid software releases?
What famous numerical benchmark did Nielsen advocate for regarding the number of users to test to find most major problems?
How did the scope of usability testing shift when moving from complex machinery (pre-1970s) to consumer software?
What factor drove the adoption of lower-barrier testing methods like remote or guerrilla testing for web assets?
What is the primary risk to the authority of usability findings in the modern, democratized testing landscape?
Which metric represents an attempt in modern practice to quantify the subjective feeling of use?
What core activity has remained fundamentally the same throughout the evolution of usability testing, from industrial levers to mobile apps?
In which year and at which company did Don Norman coin the term "User Experience"?
What disciplines primarily housed design considerations before Don Norman formalized the field of UX?
What was Don Norman's innovation in broadening the scope beyond usability to overall experience?
What concept, outlined in his seminal book, did Norman use to explain how a well-designed object intuitively communicates its function?
According to the synthesis perspective, what two goals did Norman argue were inseparable for commercial success in design?
Which key figure in usability research documented Heuristics for interface evaluation?
What is considered the most fundamental principle Norman introduced by grouping disparate knowledge?
How does the text characterize the distinction between Norman’s contribution and subsequent practical rules like Nielsen’s?
What aspect of a product does the 'aesthetic-usability effect' relate to, which is a direct descendant of Norman's holistic view?
What is a guiding principle derived from Norman’s work that emphasizes UX applies equally to a microwave's flashing light and a web app's loader icon?
What did the Montgolfiers initially hypothesize was the active lifting agent based on early smoke containment tests?
Which material reportedly offered better containment than paper for a given weight during larger, significant experiments?
What specific substance was used by the brothers to join the sheets of paper together in the construction of the envelope?
During the critical public unmanned flight in Annonay in June 1783, what weight capacity did the large bag successfully demonstrate?
Which three living creatures were included as passengers during the September 1783 tethered biological experiment overseen by the Académie des Sciences?
What prevailing, yet ultimately incorrect, scientific concepts did the brothers initially try to align their smoke observations with?
On what specific date did Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier conduct the first untethered flight in a Montgolfier balloon?
What combination of materials was famously used when constructing one of the Montgolfiers' larger balloons for structural integrity?
What concept did the Montgolfiers eventually recognize as the true agent of lift, superseding their initial focus on visible smoke?