Laws Of UX
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Laws Of UX
Grasp the top notch User Experience design principles used by experts world wide.
What`s inside
– Here we have summarized for you the top notch UX Design principles followed by professional UX designers worldwide.
– Each rules/principles that are mentioned will affect the effectiveness of a design if used correctly.
– Following these set of principles will minimize your users cognitive overload, frustration and decision paralysis .
About the Content
Each topic gives you the overview of what the principle is actually trying to say.
These are rules (principles, guidelines or what ever you wish to say it is) provided by well known design experts.
Amara's Law
We tend to overestimate the effect of a technology in the short run and underestimate the effect in the long run.
Fitt's Law
The time required to move to a target depends on the distance to it, yet relates inversely to its size.
Gestalt Laws of Perceptual Organization
Law Of Proximity
Things that are near each other seem to be grouped together.
Gestalt Laws of Perceptual Organization
Law Of Continuity
Points that are connected by straight or curving lines are seen in a way that follows the smoothest path.
Gestalt Laws of Perceptual Organization
Law of Prägnanz
Objects in the environment are seen in a way that makes them appear as simple as possible.
Gestalt Laws of Perceptual Organization
Law Of Similarity
Similar things tend to appear grouped together.
Gestalt Laws of Perceptual Organization
Law Of Closure
Things are grouped together if they seem to complete some entity.
Gestalt Laws of Perceptual Organization
Law Of Common Region
Elements that are grouped together within the same region of space tend to be grouped together.
Hick-Hyman’s Law
Hick's Law
The time it takes to make a decision increases with the number and complexity of choices.
Hofstadter’s Law
It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter’s Law.
Miller's Law
An average person can only keep 7 (+- 2) items in their working memory.
Doherty's Threshold
Productivity soars when a computer and its users interact at a pace (<400ms) that ensures that neither has to wait on the other.
Jacob’s Law
Users mostly prefer your site to work the same way as all the other sites they already know.
Occam's Razor
When presented with competing hypotheses to solve a problem, one should select the solution with the fewest assumptions.
80/20 Rule
Pareto Principle
For many events, roughly 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes.
Parkinson's Law
Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.
Postel's Law
Be liberal in what you accept, and conservative in what you send.
First & Last
Serial Position Effect
Users have a natural inclination to best remember the first and the last items in a series.
Law of Conservation of Complexity
Tesler's Law
For any system there is a certain amount of complexity which cannot be reduced.
The Isolation Effect
Von Restorff Effect
Items that stand out from the rest of their peer are more memorable.
Zeigarnik Effect
People often tend to remember interrupted tasks better than completed tasks.
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