Users don’t explore products randomly. They follow clues. If a button, label, or section doesn’t ...Users don’t explore products randomly. They follow clues. If a button, label, or section doesn’t ...
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Users don’t explore products randomly. They follow clues. If a button, label, or section doesn’t clearly show what will happen next, users hesitate or ignore it. That clarity the small signals that guide users forward is called information scent.
When the scent is strong, users feel confident clicking and exploring. When it’s weak, they get lost or drop off. Good UX makes every action predictable and easy to understand without explanation.
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Rod's avatar
Oh, where did this come from? Do you have a particular example?
Sajid's avatar
Good question.
A simple example is many SaaS onboarding flows where users see buttons like “Next” or “Continue” without clear context of what will happen after.
In simple linear flows like LinkedIn onboarding it works because each step is predictable. But in more complex products...
Rod's avatar
Oh yeah. I've seen that all the time like, Duolingo also has super good about labelling buttons
Sajid's avatar
Yeah Duolingo is actually a good example.
They do label buttons clearly like “Continue”, “Start lesson”, “Practice”, etc. which reduces confusion.
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