Articles

Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox articles about interface usability and website design.

Internet and Society

Life-Long Computer Skills

February 26, 2007

Schools should teach deep, strategic computer insights that can't be learned from reading a manual.

Digital Divide: The 3 Stages

November 20, 2006

The economic divide is a non-issue, but the usability and empowerment divides alienate huge population groups who miss out on the Internet's potential.

Undoing the Industrial Revolution

November 22, 2004

The last 200 years have driven centralization and changed the human experience in ways that conflict with evolution. The Internet will reestablish a more balanced, decentralized lifestyle.

Productivity in the Service Economy

March 29, 2004

Yes, it is possible for white-collar workers to work smarter and become more productive. While intranet usability provides substantial initial gains, workflow usability can go much further and will save millions of jobs.