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Onboarding

First-time user experience and account setup

Target Metric:Activation

Before You Design

Questions to answer before starting your design

0 of 5 answered

What's the ONE thing users must accomplish?

Focus on single critical action, not everything at once

Principle: Cognitive Load

What's the minimum info needed to get started?

Collect only essential data upfront, defer the rest

Principle: Progressive Disclosure

How will users know they succeeded?

Clear success feedback prevents confusion and anxiety

Principle: Visibility Of System Status Principle

Can users skip optional steps?

Flexibility increases completion rates significantly

Principle: User Control Freedom

What happens if they abandon halfway?

Allow resume without data loss to reduce frustration

Principle: Error Prevention

Common UX Problems

Form GraveyardMystery NavigationSilent Errors

AI Prompts for this Flow

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Key Principles

Apply these principles to improve this flow

Part III - Design Systems

Progressive Disclosure

Reveal complexity in stages so users aren't overwhelmed. Progressive disclosure cuts time to first action 30-50% while k...

Intermediate
Part I - Foundations

Cognitive Load

Working memory holds only 7±2 items. Cutting cognitive load lifts productivity up to 500% and reduces errors through sim...

Beginner
Part IV - Interface Patterns

Fitts''s Law

Fitts's Law (Fitts 1954, MacKenzie 1992) demonstrates movement time follows MT = a + b × log₂(2D/W), with larger closer ...

Intermediate
Part I - Foundations

Recognition Rather Than Recall

Recognition beats recall consistently with 85-95% accuracy versus 35-50% (Tulving 1973), requiring substantially less me...

Beginner