The Principle of Least Effort
Humans are lazy by heuristic. Things are done exponentially more many times as the friction to do them decreases. Reverse is also true.
Therefore, minimize number of clicks in a software application. - 1 click -> 1M usage - 2 clicks -> 1K usage - 3 clicks -> 10 usage - 4 clicks -> no usage
(exponential relationship with usage and clicks)
Related to Habits Spectrum
“Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking of them.” —Alfred North Whitehead ^6d521b
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