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Lessons from eye-tracking studies

The article 23 Actionable Lessons from Eye-Tracking Studies contains some useful tidbits for onscreen help design. For example, large blocks of text are typically ignored, navigation tools work better when placed at the top of a page, and fancy formatting largely drives readers away from the content.

Posted: March 26, 2010 link to this item, respond to this item