Comments on: Where do users look first? http://gazehawk.com/blog/where-do-users-look-first/ Eye Tracking For Everyone - Usability Services & Software Sat, 10 Mar 2012 06:40:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Principles of Effective Blog Design | WWW.TWITTERSIGN.NET http://gazehawk.com/blog/where-do-users-look-first/#comment-3833 Principles of Effective Blog Design | WWW.TWITTERSIGN.NET Mon, 03 Oct 2011 21:09:41 +0000 http://www.gazehawk.com/blog/?p=752#comment-3833 [...] start reading your website from the top-left corner. The fixations go in order from left to right. That’s where you want to place the most important [...] [...] start reading your website from the top-left corner. The fixations go in order from left to right. That’s where you want to place the most important [...]

]]> By: Principles of Effective Blog Design http://gazehawk.com/blog/where-do-users-look-first/#comment-3670 Principles of Effective Blog Design Thu, 29 Sep 2011 14:14:05 +0000 http://www.gazehawk.com/blog/?p=752#comment-3670 [...] start reading your website from the top-left corner. The fixations go in order from left to right. That’s where you want to place the most important [...] [...] start reading your website from the top-left corner. The fixations go in order from left to right. That’s where you want to place the most important [...]

]]> By: What else you should know about the human eye | GazeHawk Blog http://gazehawk.com/blog/where-do-users-look-first/#comment-3105 What else you should know about the human eye | GazeHawk Blog Fri, 02 Sep 2011 19:11:21 +0000 http://www.gazehawk.com/blog/?p=752#comment-3105 [...] However, it’s worth restating this pattern because it’s very robust. As we wrote about a few weeks ago, GazeHawk has found evidence that the first component of the F-pattern — shifting your eyes [...] [...] However, it’s worth restating this pattern because it’s very robust. As we wrote about a few weeks ago, GazeHawk has found evidence that the first component of the F-pattern — shifting your eyes [...]

]]> By: Twitted by daniel_seto http://gazehawk.com/blog/where-do-users-look-first/#comment-2865 Twitted by daniel_seto Thu, 18 Aug 2011 09:19:39 +0000 http://www.gazehawk.com/blog/?p=752#comment-2865 [...] This post was Twitted by daniel_seto [...] [...] This post was Twitted by daniel_seto [...]

]]> By: jotbuzz.com http://gazehawk.com/blog/where-do-users-look-first/#comment-2735 jotbuzz.com Sat, 06 Aug 2011 17:55:33 +0000 http://www.gazehawk.com/blog/?p=752#comment-2735 Nice blogpost but this will vary from site to site. Nice blogpost but this will vary from site to site.

]]> By: Hoover http://gazehawk.com/blog/where-do-users-look-first/#comment-2720 Hoover Sat, 06 Aug 2011 08:57:46 +0000 http://www.gazehawk.com/blog/?p=752#comment-2720 I'm not sure why you should put your logo in the top left because that's where users look first. In most instances, your logo provides no value. Putting it top-left is interruptive - it delays users when they're trying to do something else. It can have value sometimes. It confirms to the visitor that she's in the right place when she's clicked through from another page. I’m not sure why you should put your logo in the top left because that’s where users look first.

In most instances, your logo provides no value. Putting it top-left is interruptive – it delays users when they’re trying to do something else.

It can have value sometimes. It confirms to the visitor that she’s in the right place when she’s clicked through from another page.

]]> By: Heliodor http://gazehawk.com/blog/where-do-users-look-first/#comment-2696 Heliodor Fri, 05 Aug 2011 21:48:33 +0000 http://www.gazehawk.com/blog/?p=752#comment-2696 These patterns aren't an expression of our familiarity with reading top to bottom and left to right. Rather, the pattern described is the result of the website designs. All websites have something eye-catching at the top-left. It's the standard. Users look there not because of human tendencies, but rather because that's where the website design guides them. I bet you if you put a big bold red something in the bottom right corner of your site and not much else of interest on the page, users will look that way, not at the top left! These patterns aren’t an expression of our familiarity with reading top to bottom and left to right. Rather, the pattern described is the result of the website designs. All websites have something eye-catching at the top-left. It’s the standard. Users look there not because of human tendencies, but rather because that’s where the website design guides them.

I bet you if you put a big bold red something in the bottom right corner of your site and not much else of interest on the page, users will look that way, not at the top left!

]]> By: Andrew Pennebaker http://gazehawk.com/blog/where-do-users-look-first/#comment-2694 Andrew Pennebaker Fri, 05 Aug 2011 21:31:30 +0000 http://www.gazehawk.com/blog/?p=752#comment-2694 <blockquote>Where do your users look first? Most people running a web site have asked themselves this question at some point.</blockquote> No, many web designers are stuck in 1995. Flash is <em>terrible</em> and web designers still don't understand why. There are even websites with business hours that shut down at local nighttime.

Where do your users look first? Most people running a web site have asked themselves this question at some point.

No, many web designers are stuck in 1995. Flash is terrible and web designers still don’t understand why. There are even websites with business hours that shut down at local nighttime.

]]> By: Rich Jones http://gazehawk.com/blog/where-do-users-look-first/#comment-2693 Rich Jones Fri, 05 Aug 2011 20:40:56 +0000 http://www.gazehawk.com/blog/?p=752#comment-2693 Cognitive and Neural Systems! <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/miserlou/3371615134/in/photostream" rel="nofollow">This is a picture I took</a> of the hardware the vision guys were using. So cool. Cognitive and Neural Systems! This is a picture I took of the hardware the vision guys were using. So cool.

]]> By: Lionel Barrow http://gazehawk.com/blog/where-do-users-look-first/#comment-2692 Lionel Barrow Fri, 05 Aug 2011 20:35:25 +0000 http://www.gazehawk.com/blog/?p=752#comment-2692 No problem Rich! And I'm afraid it would be a short blog post -- GazeHawk gets all of our data from our testers using ordinary webcams. No fancy equipment (other than our software) is necessary, which of course allows us to be much less expensive than other eyetracking firms. What sort of lab were you in? No problem Rich! And I’m afraid it would be a short blog post — GazeHawk gets all of our data from our testers using ordinary webcams. No fancy equipment (other than our software) is necessary, which of course allows us to be much less expensive than other eyetracking firms. What sort of lab were you in?

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