Baymard: 2020 and 2021

(Note: Unfortunately, e-mail and RSS don’t support advanced layouts and features. If the graphics in this article look strange, you may want to read the article in your web browser.) With the end of an unusual 2020 nearing, here’s an overview of: Baymard’s 10 most popular UX research articles in 2020, the new UX research and features we’ve added in 2020, the 8 new team members & our open UX Auditor position, and what new research we have planned for the first half of 2021. 10 Most Popular Articles in 2020 The most popular UX research articles we published in 2020 were: The Current State of Checkout UX – 18 Common Pitfalls Always Explain Why the ‘Phone’ Field Is Required – 58% of Sites Don’t Always Use Thumbnails to Represent Additional Product Images – 76% of Mobile Sites Don’t Product List UX: The Number of Products to Load by Default – 52% Get it Wrong Six ‘COVID-19’ Related E-Commerce UX Improvements to Make 6 Important Aspects of Well-Performing Mobile Product Page B..

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