Tuesday, July 18, 2023

Laws of UX

Jon Yablonski (via Hacker News):

Laws of UX is a collection of best practices that designers can consider when building user interfaces.

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The time to acquire a target is a function of the distance to and size of the target.

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The time it takes to make a decision increases with the number and complexity of choices.

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Users spend most of their time on other sites. This means that users prefer your site to work the same way as all the other sites they already know.

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Be liberal in what you accept, and conservative in what you send.

The site itself is not particularly usable, with text not selectable and problems with the back button.

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