Laws of UX- Millers Law (IXD303)

Millers Law is another Law used in the field of Ux design. Miller’s Law states that “The Number of objects an average person can hold in their working memory is about seven.” This is known as The magical Number Seven. Therefore if your users need to make a choice, it’s important not to give them too many choices.

Basically in order for the user to understanding the content, it’s important to break it down into chunks.

This Law was published in 1956 by Professor George Miller when he discovered the theory, were he tested users to see how much memory memory they could hold.

It’s important when designing my content to make sure I break down the information into mangeable chunks to help users process, understand and memorise information easily.

Short term memory captaicity will vary depending on the user.

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