Usability of iPad Apps and Websites

We are making this report available for free to support our loyal audience of usability enthusiasts by providing early empirical data about iPad usability. This report is less thorough than our normal research reports and does not contain as many detailed and actionable design guidelines as we usually provide. We decided to publish the report anyway (as a donation to the community), because all experience from the last 30 years of usability shows that early usability findings have disproportionally large impact on design projects.

Download PDF at: Usability of iPad Apps and Websites: First Research Findings by Raluca Budiu and Jakob Nielsen