I regularly read Jakob Neilsen’s useit.com usability reports. If you are doing much on the web, you should sign up also.
Today’s was very interesting. Neilsen discussed a study that tracked eyeballs as people watched an online video clip. The maps were very insightful.
Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox for December 5 is now online at:
> http://www.useit.com/alertbox/video.html
Summary:
Eyetracking data show that users are easily distracted when watching video on websites, especially when the video shows a talking head and is optimized for broadcast rather than online viewing.
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