Usability Views Article Details  home | timeline | recent | popular | e-reports | userati | books | about  Evaluating the Usability of Search Forms Using Eyetracking: A Practical Approach (23 Jan 2006) The pro user’s first fixation was directly on the input field. She didn’t look at anything else until she’d typed the text string and was ready to submit the search. Then, a long saccade moved the user’s focus to the submit button - which the user had perceived peripherally, but never looked at before - and, typically, pro users activated the submit button using the Enter key. In one case, we had the longest saccade ever recorded in our tests: nearly 600 pixels wide! Add this article to Del.icio.us Article URL: http://uxmatters.com/MT/archives/000068.php Read 25 more articles from User Experience Matters sorted by date, popularity, or title. Next Article: Include 2005 Proceedings go Online          Books about Usability | Information Architecture | Information Visualisation | Technology History This site is a labour of love built by Chris McEvoy

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