[Sigia-l] What the eye sees....

[Tanya Rabourn]

On Nov 29, 2004, at 6:00 PM, Michael Fry wrote:
> A few years ago, Michael Bernard of the Software Usability Research  
> Laboratory published several articles on the topic of where users  
> *expect* to find certain page elements (for whatever that's worth).  
> They're online at http://psychology.wichita.edu/surl/ in the  
> "Usability News" newsletter.

Along the lines of where users might expect to find things, see also  
Heidi Adkisson's work

http://www.hpadkisson.com/papers/index.html
http://www.webdesignpractices.com/

On Nov 29, 2004, at 5:52 PM, Andrew Boyd wrote:
> to be that attention starts at the "top" and works "downwards". I would
> say that it depends on the shape of the page and how the eye perceives
> the page/screen. I.e. that the interplay of all elements on the
> page/screen influence where the eye focuses first and last.

You would be right IMHO.
Good B&A article on visual perception:
http://www.boxesandarrows.com/archives/ 
visible_narratives_understanding_visual_organization.php

A book that I've meant to have a look at but never have:
"Information Visualization: Perception for Design"
http://faculty.washington.edu/tabrooks/Documents/wareReview.htm

Has anyone else read it? How is it for guiding interface design  
decisions?

-Tanya