hicks-law

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Apply Hick's Law — decision time grows with the number of simultaneous choices. Use when a screen offers too many options at once. For how many items survive in memory afterwards, use `millers-law`.

When to use

reducing decision time
controlling number of choices
navigation menus
toolbars and action bars
onboarding flows
form fields
pricing tables
search results and feeds

When not to use

how many items survive in memory afterwards

Skill page

Source

Repository	Path
Owl-Listener/designer-skills	`interaction-design/skills/hicks-law/SKILL.md`