# Perceptual Issues in Dynamic Interfaces

DevFeed: [Perceptual Issues in Dynamic Interfaces](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/perceptual-issues-in-dynamic-interfaces-9064.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://ixdf.org/literature/article/perceptual-issues-in-dynamic-interfaces>)

Author: William Hudson

Published: 2026-09-02T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [UX Daily - User Experience Daily](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/ux-daily-user-experience-daily.md>)

Topics: [Ajax](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ajax.md>), [Accessibility](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/accessibility.md>)

Tags: [applications](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/applications.md>), [browsers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/browsers.md>), [interface-design](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/interface-design.md>), [mobile](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mobile.md>), [technology](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/technology.md>), [user-experience](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/user-experience.md>), [web](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/web.md>), [web-design](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/web-design.md>)

## AI overview

This video explains how inattentional blindness and change blindness affect users' ability to perceive updates in dynamic web interfaces. It uses examples including the invisible gorilla experiment and page reloads to show why important changes can go unnoticed, with implications for interface and web design.

## Source excerpt

In this video, William Hudson, User Experience Strategist and Founder of Syntagm Ltd, explores the psychological phenomena that affect how users perceive changes in dynamic web interfaces. While the focus is on web pages, these principles apply to any interactive technology, from desktop applications to mobile interfaces.[[video:2250]]Understanding Human PerceptionWhen we add dynamic functionality to web pages using technologies like Ajax, we gain tremendous flexibility to update content without full-page reloads. However, this increased interactivity introduces a crucial challenge: users may not notice the changes we make. Three key perceptual phenomena explain why even obvious updates can...