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UD Principle #3 - Simple & Intuitive
The design is easy to understand and use—irrespective of the user’s abilities, experience, knowledge, skills or state of mind. It’s important to keep the design simple, consistent and intuitive when trying to achieve this; small things like using straightforward copy without much technical jargon is brilliant for opening designs up to a wider audience.
The design is easy to understand and use—irrespective of the user’s abilities, experience, knowledge, skills or state of mind. It’s important to keep the design simple, consistent and intuitive when trying to achieve this; small things like using straightforward copy without much technical jargon is brilliant for opening designs up to a wider audience.
- Eliminate unnecessary complexity.
- Be consistent with user expectations and intuition.
- Accommodate a wide range of literacy and language skills.
- Arrange information to be consistent with its importance.
- Provide effective prompting and feedback during and after task completion
Example of short, precise prompting:
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This principle aims to reduce complexity and mental or cognitive loads. According to the cognitive load theory, humans can handle only 3–9 items in a short amount of time when processing information. So as to reduce complexity and reduce cognitive loads, you should always aim to present information between 3 and 9 items. is an interaction design technique. It reduces visual clutter and removes irrelevant information on the screen. It prioritizes information to display on the screen based on user needs and interactions.
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