{"id":721,"date":"2007-11-27T22:12:01","date_gmt":"2007-11-27T22:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/11\/27\/what-actually-base-web-design-on-data\/"},"modified":"2007-11-27T22:48:45","modified_gmt":"2007-11-27T22:48:45","slug":"what-actually-base-web-design-on-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/11\/27\/what-actually-base-web-design-on-data\/","title":{"rendered":"What?!?  Actually base web design on <em>data<\/em>?!?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.poynterextra.org\/eyetrack2004\/main.htm\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.poynterextra.org\/eyetrack2004\/images\/eyemovement.jpg?w=840\" alt=\"Diagram showing scan sequence for web page reading\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yup, crazy as it sounds.  Eyetrack has collected some nice user data, which they summarize in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.poynterextra.org\/eyetrack2004\/main.htm\">&#8220;What We Saw When We Looked Through Their Eyes&#8221;<\/a>, which is then reorganized in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.virtualhosting.com\/blog\/2007\/scientific-web-design-23-actionable-lessons-from-eye-tracking-studies\/\">&#8220;Scientific Web Design: 23 Actionable Lessons from Eye-Tracking Studies&#8221;<\/a> over at VirtualHosting.com.<\/p>\n<p>At some point I should go through these with some care and think about how they apply here.  I tend to generate pretty cluttered designs &#8211; I keep trying cram in the information, and I end up with more Redmond than Google, I&#8217;m afraid.  Maybe I should rethink that a bit.<\/p>\n\n\t<div class=\"st-post-tags \">\n\tTags: <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/blog\/\" title=\"blog\">blog<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/design\/\" title=\"design\">design<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/hci\/\" title=\"HCI\">HCI<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/usability\/\" title=\"usability\">usability<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/web-design\/\" title=\"web design\">web design<\/a><br \/><\/div>\n\n\n\t<h4>Related posts<\/h4>\n\t<ul class=\"st-related-posts\">\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/11\/21\/if-microsoft-had-designed-gmail\/\" title=\"If Microsoft had designed GMail (21 Nov 07)\">If Microsoft had designed GMail<\/a> (0)<\/li>\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2008\/07\/04\/wordle-makes-tag-clouds-all-pretty\/\" title=\"Wordle makes tag clouds all pretty (4 Jul 08)\">Wordle makes tag clouds all pretty<\/a> (0)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yup, crazy as it sounds. Eyetrack has collected some nice user data, which they summarize in &#8220;What We Saw When We Looked Through Their Eyes&#8221;, which is then reorganized in &#8220;Scientific Web Design: 23 Actionable Lessons from Eye-Tracking Studies&#8221; over at VirtualHosting.com. At some point I should go through these with some care and think &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/11\/27\/what-actually-base-web-design-on-data\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;What?!?  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