Web Users Judge Sites in the Blink of an Eye 233
dogbolter writes "Nature.com is reporting on a study by Canadian researcher Gitte Lindgaard of Carleton University that visitors to a webpage can make up their minds about the quality of the page within just 50 milliseconds." From the article: "We all know that first impressions count, but this study shows that the brain can make flash judgments almost as fast as the eye can take in the information. The discovery came as a surprise to some experts. "My colleagues believed it would be impossible to really see anything in less than 500 milliseconds," says Gitte Lindgaard of Carleton University in Ottawa, who has published the research in the journal Behaviour and Information Technology. Instead they found that impressions were made in the first 50 milliseconds of viewing."
yesterdays news (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Question (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Question (Score:5, Informative)
4) It's primarily a technical problem, and the audience is tech-heavy; thus many of us can think of (and sometimes suggest) potential solutions, and it's frustrating that nothing seems to be being done about it
We can at least check what Taco has said [slashdot.org] when this has been brought up recently [slashdot.org]
6) As you note, there are many, many complaints about dupe articles, yet I have not seen any official reply to any of these. While it's entirely possible that I've just missed it, it does seem that our comments are falling on deaf ears. People don't like to feel ignored.
Feel better about #6 now? At least a little? I mean, I realize Rob may be completely off base, or even lying or something. But that is his official reply to your #4. And it's been the official reply for quite some time now [slashdot.org], actually, although I think the recent comment is more informative.
Am I the only one who read Taco's entire posting history the day of that "meta-story" about slashdot, where he actually got down and answered our questions for once?
Re:50 milliseconds huh (Score:2, Informative)
Nature article has some interesting conclusions (Score:3, Informative)
1) Strictly limited graphics limited to a single eye-catching image.
"It's not about getting as much stuff on the page as possible," he says.
2) A "puritan" approach to web pages which get information across in the quickest, simplest way possible.
3)Make sure that your web pages load quickly.