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✍️ The "Grandma Test" App Usage Experience: Why Simple Clarity Kills Support Costs 💸
We invest thousands in developing a brilliant new SaaS feature, then we rush the in-app user experience (UX). Big mistake.
If your feature's usage flow requires a user manual or a customer support call, you've failed the most critical launch test.
The App UX "Grandma Test" Explained:
This isn't literally about your grandmother. It's about ensuring your app’s design is so intuitive that any intelligent user can successfully complete a core task without friction or needing external help.
The goal is for the app flow to answer the three core questions every user has, implicitly through design:
🤔 What can I do here? (Discoverability)
🔧 How do I complete my goal? (Intuition)
⛔ Where do I go next? (Flow)
Spot on. Features only create value if people can actually use them. The ‘Grandma Test’ is such a simple way to check whether we’ve over-engineered the experience. If users need instructions for basic flows, the design isn’t ready — and support teams end up paying the price....
The Grandma Test 👍
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