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Getting Started with EyeQuant

A quick introduction to EyeQuant - how it works and what it does, so you can get started optimising your designs.

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Written by Gemma Todd
Updated over a year ago

In the fast-paced world of web and mobile design, understanding how users perceive and interact with your interface is crucial. EyeQuant, an AI-driven tool, offers a roadmap to help you navigate this terrain, from analysing your design's performance to making informed changes that capture user attention effectively.

In this article, we’ll provide a quick introduction to EyeQuant, including how it works and what it does, so that you can get started optimising your designs.

What is EyeQuant?

Before delving into the intricacies of EyeQuant, let's take a moment to understand its core purpose and capabilities.

EyeQuant is an AI tool that provides instant, objective analyses of web and mobile interfaces. What sets it apart is its ability to use machine learning to evaluate any website or mockup within seconds, offering valuable attention-based feedback. The best part? No integration is required, making it accessible to designers and marketers alike.

How does it work?

EyeQuant is available online, through any current browser - no integrations, installations and APIs are needed.

We apply machine learning algorithms to reams of eye-tracking and user research data to identify the elements of your design that attract the most attention, and how clean or cluttered a design is, giving you genuine user insights without the need for real users, providing an accurate, life-like analysis of a visual design within seconds.

How EyeQuant helps to optimise your design

Within a few seconds of uploading a design, EyeQuant gives you 3 types of analyses:

  1. Visual Attention Analysis: This analysis helps you identify any visual distractions in your design, ensuring that key content receives the attention it deserves.

  2. Visual Clarity Analysis: It assesses how clean or cluttered your design appears, offering insights into how user-friendly it is.

  3. Emotional Impact Analysis: EyeQuant evaluates the excitement or calming effect of your design, helping you align it with your brand's objectives.

The Power of Perception Maps

One of EyeQuant's standout features is the Perception Map. This map reveals what users see in the first three seconds of landing on your page. It's like a snapshot of user attention, highlighting areas that draw the most focus. By understanding what users perceive immediately, you can ensure that vital information is visible right from the start.

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Attention Maps: Managing Your Attention Budget

Attention Maps, another EyeQuant feature, help you manage your design's attention budget effectively. Think of user attention as a limited resource. Attention Maps reveal how this resource is spent across your design. By identifying which areas receive the most attention, you can align your design with your goals.

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Hot Spots and Regions of Interest: Focusing on Key Elements

Hot Spots identify the top ten eye-catching areas in your design. The larger the circle, the greater the visibility. These focal points guide you in optimizing the placement of crucial elements.

Regions of Interest go a step further, quantitatively measuring the visibility of specific areas. For instance, they might reveal that your main call-to-action is 225% more visible than the average pixel. Armed with this data, you can make informed decisions about which elements to prioritize in your design.

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Design Metrics: Clarity and Excitingness Scores

EyeQuant provides Clarity and Excitingness scores for your design. A higher Clarity score indicates a cleaner and clearer design, while Excitingness measures the design's stimulation level. These scores provide a quick overview of your design's strengths and areas that may need improvement.

To learn more about these analyses, see EyeQuant results.

Get started with EyeQuant today

EyeQuant equips designers and marketers with powerful tools to understand and optimise user attention in web and mobile interfaces. By leveraging its analyses, you can create more user-centric and effective designs.

In the ever-evolving digital landscape, EyeQuant is your secret weapon for capturing and retaining user attention. So, go ahead, unlock its potential, and elevate your design game to new heights!

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