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← People don't read web pages; they scan them

15 connected korrents · 14 moments from 29 Sept 2018 to 4 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under design design Everything filed under behavioural science behavioural science Everything filed under taste taste Everything filed under software performance software performance Everything filed under Google Google Everything filed under simplicity simplicity Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: People don't read web pages; they scan them People don't read web pages; they scanthem SK Steve Krug — holds since c. 2000–2014 — tap for who they are Same subject: People are more used to computers than old design assumptions allow, and testing often shows they know how to scroll. — tap to centre the map on it People are more used to computersthan old design assumptions allow,and testing often shows they knowhow to scroll. Last stated 5 months ago 5 May 2026 RC Rafa Conde — holds since 2026-05-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: "Is the page loaded?" was never a real question, and web performance only became measurable once it was broken into the distinct moments a user actually notices. — tap to centre the map on it "Is the page loaded?" was never areal question, and web performanceonly became measurable once it wasbroken into the distinct moments auser actually notices. Last stated 2 months ago 19 Aug 2026 AO Addy Osmani — holds since 2026-08-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: Reading a great deal about a subject works partly by holding your attention on it long enough to change, not only by adding facts. — tap to centre the map on it Reading a great deal about a subjectworks partly by holding yourattention on it long enough tochange, not only by adding facts. Last stated a year ago 16 Sept 2025 SY Scott H. Young — holds since 2025-09-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: A user should be able to understand what a page is and how to use it without spending any effort thinking about it — tap to centre the map on it A user should be able to understandwhat a page is and how to use itwithout spending any effort thinkingabout it SK Steve Krug — holds since c. 2000–2014 — tap for who they are Same subject: Programmers should be reading research papers and crawling their references, and the fact that almost none of them do is a bigger gap than any book recommendation could close. — tap to centre the map on it Programmers should be readingresearch papers and crawling theirreferences, and the fact that almostnone of them do is a bigger gap thanany book recommendation could close. Last stated a month ago 26 Aug 2026 CM Casey Muratori — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI web search is imitating a human habit for no reason — revisiting the same pages for snippets instead of taking the whole page once. — tap to centre the map on it AI web search is imitating a humanhabit for no reason — revisiting thesame pages for snippets instead oftaking the whole page once. Last stated 6 months ago 29 Mar 2026 CH Chip Huyen — holds since 2026-03-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: A belief system combining cosmic stakes, privileged knowledge, personal vocation and an imperative to act can license extraordinary behavior when it conflicts with ordinary constraints. — tap to centre the map on it A belief system combining cosmicstakes, privileged knowledge,personal vocation and an imperativeto act can license extraordinarybehavior when it conflicts withordinary constraints. Last stated 3 weeks ago 17 Sept 2026 VR Venkatesh Rao — holds since 2026-09-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A cancellation-reason drop-down measures list order rather than reasons: randomise the options and every one of them gets picked equally. — tap to centre the map on it A cancellation-reason drop-downmeasures list order rather thanreasons: randomise the options andevery one of them gets pickedequally. Last stated 8 months ago 25 Jan 2026 JC Jason Cohen — holds since 2026-01-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A decision cannot be judged by its outcome, because good decisions fail through no fault of the decider and bad ones succeed by luck. — tap to centre the map on it A decision cannot be judged by itsoutcome, because good decisions failthrough no fault of the decider andbad ones succeed by luck. Last stated 4 years ago 9 Aug 2022 GK Gary Klein — holds since 2022-08-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: People are drawn to complex answers, and complex answers tend to be incorrect. — tap to centre the map on it People are drawn to complex answers,and complex answers tend to beincorrect. Last stated 3 weeks ago 15 Sept 2026 TL Tobias Lütke — holds since 2026-09-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: People tend to say in surveys that they want more options than they actually use or want in practice. — tap to centre the map on it People tend to say in surveys thatthey want more options than theyactually use or want in practice. Last stated a month ago 21 Aug 2026 JC Josh Collinsworth — holds since 2026-08-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A business is more likely to fail from taking on too much complexity than from lacking resources. — tap to centre the map on it A business is more likely to failfrom taking on too much complexitythan from lacking resources. Last stated 8 years ago 29 Sept 2018 TG Tren Griffin — holds since 2018-09-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: A big part of taste is delivering high levels of craft in an accessible way so that as many people as possible can experience it. — tap to centre the map on it A big part of taste is deliveringhigh levels of craft in anaccessible way so that as manypeople as possible can experienceit. Last stated 5 months ago 21 Apr 2026 BJ Brandon Jacoby — holds since 2026-04-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company name can have different appeal to corporate buyers versus their customers. — tap to centre the map on it A company name can have differentappeal to corporate buyers versustheir customers. Last stated yesterday 4 Oct 2026 PG Paul Graham — holds since 2026-10-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A first draft should not be graded good or bad; it is only the material that taste then gets to act on. — tap to centre the map on it A first draft should not be gradedgood or bad; it is only the materialthat taste then gets to act on. Last stated 2 months ago 6 Aug 2026 GS George Saunders — holds since 2026-08-06 — tap for who they are
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At the centre People don't read web pages; they scan them Last stated c. 2000–2014 Holds Steve Krug Read this korrent →