Comments on: User laziness = user smartness, and why this is really important.

By: Writing for Cognitive Ease - UX Booth

Sun, 01 Jun 2014 20:16:12 +0000

[…] The purpose of this test is to show how easily people rely on their gut instincts rather than work hard at answering the actual question. Where possible, people take shortcuts to reduce the mental effort of making decisions. This doesn’t make them stupid, of course, As Harry Brignull writes, User laziness = user smartness. […]

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By: Writing for Cognitive Ease - UX Booth | UX Booth

Tue, 02 Oct 2012 13:31:16 +0000

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By: A quick UI review of browser malware warning pages « OxfordTechnologyVentures

Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:41:25 +0000

[…] malware warning pages are tricky things to design. Users are a lazy bunch (productively lazy, that is), and they are unlikely to read the text in every single dialog box you put in front of […]

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By: A quick UI review of browser malware warning pages- 90 Percent of Everything

Sat, 05 Sep 2009 19:13:38 +0000

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By: Aassim.nl | User laziness = user smartness, and why this is really important.

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:31:31 +0000

[…] Lees hier het artikel overÂ userlaziness en dat dit gelijk is aan user smartness […]

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By: James

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:33:40 +0000

You need to read the Zipf’s book, The Theory of Least Effort published in 1940.. From this book we have Zipf’s law(Power Law). Theory of Least Effort sounds so much nicer than Laziness.

Also the whole theory of Generalised Cost which forms the backbone of transport economics. I have not seen the Theory of Least Effort applied to UCD, or HCI. There are some papers for library systems that mention it. Nielson mentions Zipf’s law but does not dig deeper.. It is a beautiful well written book for an academic book.

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