The document provides tips for creating a great user experience. Some key tips include using progressive disclosure to show a little information and let users choose more details; showing examples instead of just descriptions; ensuring clickable elements look clickable; breaking up error-prone tasks into smaller chunks; providing feedback to users; avoiding cluttered pages that make information hard to find; grouping related elements visually; and avoiding red and blue text combinations that are difficult to read. The overall goal is to design intuitive, easy-to-use experiences for users.

1. 9
Tips For Creating
GREAT
User Experience
Adapted from Susan Weinschenk’s blog post on UX Magazine

2. IT IS BETTER TO SHOW PEOPLE A
LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION
AND LET THEM CHOOSE IF THEY WANT
MORE DETAILS
(Progressive Disclosure)

3. INSTEAD OF JUST
DESCRIBING THINGS,
SHOW AN
EXAMPLE

4. IF SOMETHING IS
CLICKABLE
MAKE SURE IT
LOOKS LIKE IT
IS CLICKABLE

5. IF A TASK IS ERROR-PRONE,
BREAK IT UP INTO
SMALLER CHUNKS

6. DON’T MAKE PEOPLE
REMEMBER
THINGS. PEOPLE
CAN ONLY REMEMBER
3-4 ITEMS
AT A TIME

7. PEOPLE NEED
FEEDBACK

8. PEOPLE NEED
FEEDBACK
The computer doesn’t need to tell
the human. The human needs to
know what is going on

9. CLUTTERED PEOPLE
IF PAGES ARE
CAN’T FIND INFORMATION

10. CLUTTERED PEOPLE
IF PAGES ARE
CAN’T FIND INFORMATION
Use grouping to help focus
where the eye should look

11. THINGS THAT ARE
CLOSE TOGETHER
ARE BELIEVED TO “GO” TOGETHER

12. THE
HARDEST
COLORS
TO LOOK AT
TOGETHER ARE
RED AND
BLUE.

13. THE
HARDEST
COLORS
TO LOOK AT
TOGETHER ARE
RED AND
BLUE.
Try to avoid red text on a blue
background or vice versa

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