{"id":40099,"date":"2023-07-18T20:44:16","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T00:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=40099"},"modified":"2023-07-18T20:44:16","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T00:44:16","slug":"laws-of-ux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2023\/07\/18\/laws-of-ux\/","title":{"rendered":"Laws of UX"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lawsofux.com\/\">Jon Yablonski<\/a> (via <a href=\"https:\/\/news.ycombinator.com\/item?id=36680835\">Hacker News<\/a>):<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/lawsofux.com\/\">\n<p>Laws of UX is a collection of best practices that designers can consider when building user interfaces.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>The time to acquire a target is a function of the distance to and size of the target.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>The time it takes to make a decision increases with the number and complexity of choices.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>Be liberal in what you accept, and conservative in what you send.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The site itself is not particularly usable, with text not selectable and problems with the <a href=\"https:\/\/news.ycombinator.com\/item?id=36684491\">back button<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p>Previously:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2022\/11\/03\/live-activity-guidelines\/\">Live Activity Guidelines<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2022\/10\/14\/charts-guidelines\/\">Charts Guidelines<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2021\/10\/15\/old-apple-human-interface-guidelines\/\">Old Apple Human Interface Guidelines<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2020\/02\/19\/developer-laws\/\">Developer Laws<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/01\/arkit-human-interface-guidelines\/\">ARKit Human Interface Guidelines<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/11\/how-apple-is-giving-design-a-bad-name\/\">How Apple Is Giving Design a Bad Name<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2008\/01\/16\/leopard-hig\/\">Leopard HIG<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2006\/10\/23\/build-your-own-damn-hig\/\">Build Your Own Damn HIG<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jon Yablonski (via Hacker News): Laws of UX is a collection of best practices that designers can consider when building user interfaces. [&#8230;] The time to acquire a target is a function of the distance to and size of the target. 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