There was no correlation, either positive or negative, between graphic design elements and the users success at finding information. When users thought an image would have interesting content, they would wait for it to load. When they thought the image was purely decorative, they were less patient. As the page was loading, they skimmed the text and any alternate text for graphics. If they found an interesting link in the text, they jumped before the graphics had a chance to load.
Users find animation uniformly irritating.
These results are disturbing because they imply that designing a site that users like and designing a site that they can use may be conflicting goals. On the other hand, these results may mean simply that good content is so important to users that other factors are secondary. In any case, we cannot depend on user satisfaction to indicate a usable web site. Heading 2 Table Cell 1 Table Cell 2 Table Cell 3 Table Cell 4 Image links because they do not turn color after the user clicks them can be confusing. The lack of visual cues can interfere with the user's process of elimination in deciding what link to choose.