Mobile Usability

[email protected] (Jakob Nielsen) Mon, 20 Jul 2009 07:10:00 -0700

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.web.alertbox
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Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox for July 20 is now online at:
  > http://www.useit.com/alertbox/mobile-usability.html

Summary:
In user testing, website use on mobile devices got very low scores,
especially when users accessed "full" sites that weren't designed for
mobile.

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113 Guidelines for Homepage Usability:

  > http://www.useit.com/homepageusability/guidelines.html

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Human factors research on dangers of driving while speaking on the phone
is ignored by politicians who ban the wrong thing:

  > http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/19/technology/19distracted.html

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USA Today coverage of mobile usability findings:

  > http://tr.im/USATodayMobile