Top 5 UX Laws Your Product Should Follow

Hey indie hackers! I am a professional Product Designer, helping product creators design their web/mobile apps. Below is the selection of what I believe to be the five most important UX laws. Applying these rules to your product can help you create the most effective designs and enhance the user experience of your product.

1) Aesthetic-Usability Effect

Users usually perceive pleasant to eye design as more usable. Research shows that users are more likely to tolerate minor usability issues if you have an aesthetically pleasing design.

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• Regardless of what some people might say - looks do matter! So, it is worth investing in a pleasant-looking design.

2) Fitt's Law

Fitt’s Law states that the time required to acquire a target is a function of the distance to and size of the target.

TIP:

• Make your CTA buttons large and accessible.

3) Hick's Law

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

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• Reduce the number of options presented to the user and clearly highlight the recommended one.

4) Law of Proximity

Objects that are near, or proximate to each other, tend to be grouped together.

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• Place related elements close to each other to establish the connection.

5) Jakob's Law

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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• Being creative is good, but try not to go overboard. Provide to your users the UX that they are already familiar with.

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This is definitely not a comprehensive list, I would recommend you to check this cool site to find more about different UX laws.

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