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Is there a law of UX related to making a user scroll thousands of pixels to read 10 sentences?

by tomgp 9y ago

tomgp 9y ago
Sorry, was facetious. The site looks lovely but if it's purpose was really to inform rather than to advertise the creators graphic design skills different decisions might have been made with respect to how the content is presented.
cyunem 9y ago
And maybe a law that says things have to load in slowly so it's possible to scroll past them before they appear?
- gkya 9y ago
  It's all about the experience, the exploration, the perdition of purpose as a tool of the establishment that conditions the individual to always be learning, for only then it can fruit him in his greedy machine of post-modern industry. Also, frankly, this is nearly a dadaist instance of a web page.
soneca 9y ago
I agree. And the laws are stated in complex sentences, so I really could use some more explanation. To learn more I have to click, go to another page, wait for a slow animation of the poster design and only then I could one paragraph explaining it further. And when I go back to the home page, it takes up to the top at the first law and I have to scroll it all over again to the point I was before. Awful experience. It looks like the author is a talented graphic designer that decided to compile the laws of UX without reading them (actually, I wouldn't know, as there was too much friction for me to read them all)
- yoz-y 9y ago
  At first I did not like that the 3rd law spoke about 'sites' when it could be applied to applications as well (or any other usable thing). Then I realized that these are most probably citations.
- TeMPOraL 9y ago
  I read them all. They have nothing to do with proper UX. They're just basics of perception. The site is doing the equivalent of advertising as "rules of efficient chair design", and then listing laws of thermodynamics.
mantas 9y ago
Safari Reader mode compatibility should be mandated by law
pavlov 9y ago
Maybe: “Respect users’ screen real estate.” And the corollary: “Don’t fear information density. Remove decoration if it allows faster access to the information that matters.”
crb002 9y ago
Fitts law.

Is there a law of UX related to making a user scroll thousands of pixels to read 10 sentences?

by tomgp 9y ago

Is there a law of UX related to making a user scroll thousands of pixels to read 10 sentences?

Sorry, was facetious. The site looks lovely but if it's purpose was really to inform rather than to advertise the creators graphic design skills different decisions might have been made with respect to how the content is presented.

cyunem 9y ago

And maybe a law that says things have to load in slowly so it's possible to scroll past them before they appear?

gkya 9y ago
It's all about the experience, the exploration, the perdition of purpose as a tool of the establishment that conditions the individual to always be learning, for only then it can fruit him in his greedy machine of post-modern industry. Also, frankly, this is nearly a dadaist instance of a web page.

soneca 9y ago

I agree. And the laws are stated in complex sentences, so I really could use some more explanation. To learn more I have to click, go to another page, wait for a slow animation of the poster design and only then I could one paragraph explaining it further. And when I go back to the home page, it takes up to the top at the first law and I have to scroll it all over again to the point I was before. Awful experience. It looks like the author is a talented graphic designer that decided to compile the laws of UX without reading them (actually, I wouldn't know, as there was too much friction for me to read them all)

yoz-y 9y ago
At first I did not like that the 3rd law spoke about 'sites' when it could be applied to applications as well (or any other usable thing). Then I realized that these are most probably citations.
TeMPOraL 9y ago
I read them all. They have nothing to do with proper UX. They're just basics of perception. The site is doing the equivalent of advertising as "rules of efficient chair design", and then listing laws of thermodynamics.

mantas 9y ago

Safari Reader mode compatibility should be mandated by law

pavlov 9y ago

Maybe: “Respect users’ screen real estate.” And the corollary: “Don’t fear information density. Remove decoration if it allows faster access to the information that matters.”

crb002 9y ago

Fitts law.