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Smartphone cameras feel simple because the complexity didn’t disappear.
It moved into the product.
That’s Tesler’s Law.
ISO, exposure, focus, HDR, and white balance still happen after one tap.
Great UX decides who carries the complexity:
The user or the system.
Excel doesn’t silently let errors hide.
Delete a referenced cell and it shows #REF! exactly where the formula broke.
That’s Poka-Yoke: design that prevents mistakes or makes them impossible to miss.
Great UX doesn’t just make products easy to use.
It makes them hard to break.
Pinterest keeps designers coming back because it doesn’t just give content.
It gives them something to build.
Every pin, board, and category adds effort.
That’s the IKEA Effect.
People value what they help create.
Inspiration becomes ownership.
And ownership is hard to leave.
Snapchat streaks work because they give users something to lose.
After 10, 100, or 1,800 days, the number feels like effort, friendship, and history.
That’s loss aversion.
Users don’t return only for fun.
They return because losing the streak feels painful.
Instagram doesn’t need notifications to bring you back.
Sometimes boredom does the job.
That’s an internal trigger: when a feeling becomes the prompt for action.
Habit-forming products don’t just remind users to return.
They become the answer your mind reaches for automatically.
