Two Zoltáns, Gócza and Kollin are maintaining a superbly good webiste about UX-myths, uxmyths.com.
Given the excellent quality of the site, they list common mis-beliefs people have regarding websites and they thoroughly debunk them with references to actual measured information.
Just by reading their list we learn, that
- People don't read the text you post (myth #1)
- Navigation isn't about 3 clicks, it's about usability of the navigation (myth #2)
- People do scroll, on all devices (myth #3)
- Accessibility doesn't make your website look bad and is not difficult (myths #5 and #6)
- Having graphics, photos and icons won't help (myths #7, #8 and #13)
- IT'S ALWAYS ABOUT THE DETAILS! (myth #10)
- More choices make users confused (myths #12 and #23)
- You're nothing like your users and never will be! (myths #14, #24, #29 and #30)
- User experience is about how user feels your site (myth #27)
- Simple is not minimal is not clarity, they are three different things! (myths #25 and #34)
- ... aaaand many more
Go see all the studies, research and details in their site.
And thank you for your work Mr. Gócza and Mr. Kollin. Thanks for sharing with all of us.
