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Why usability alone does not create a good experience
An interface can be clear, fast and error-free—and still leave people indifferent. Hassenzahl’s model explains why.
- UX & design
- Cognitive science
- Research methods
What does a heatmap hide? Gaze unfolds over time
Two journeys can heat up the same areas without telling the same story: time separates global scanning from detailed inspection.
- Attention
- Cognitive science
- UX & design
What mouse movements reveal about hesitation
Speed, pauses, curvature and latency: turning a cursor trace into hesitation cues without claiming to read minds.
- Behavioral signals
- Cognitive science
- UX & design
Can user experience (UX) be measured without asking a question?
Explicit measures, implicit measures and triangulation: what we gain — and risk — when observing experience without a questionnaire.
- UX & design
- Behavioral signals
- Research methods
What a heatmap hides in a user experience (UX) study
What spatial aggregation removes: order, transitions, revisits, task, time and individual differences.
- Attention
- UX & design
- Research methods
Do we look the same way on mobile and desktop?
Comparability of gaze metrics, screen-size effects and the limits of an exploratory smartphone protocol.
- Attention
- UX & design
- Behavioral signals
When the average user hides opposite reactions
One variant may energize some users and hinder others. Personality helps frame that variation without forcing people into rigid types.
- Personality
- UX & design
- Research methods
How do you compare user insights without losing their context?
Four markets, multiple languages and inconsistent formats: one shared data contract turns fragmentation into traceable signals.
- UX & design
- AI & machine learning
- Research methods
DeepUX: predict a rating or compare two interfaces?
A from-scratch CNN, frozen ResNet50, fine-tuning and correlation metrics for comparing the perceived UX of two interfaces.
- UX & design
- Computer vision
- AI & machine learning
Each post separates findings, methodological limitations and possible uses. The primary sources are my publications, doctoral research and cited papers.
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