#principleinfo

Keep only the bare minimum of choices for the user. Only keep the stuff they need to see, with everything else carefully tucked away. The user shouldn't feel inundated with choices and options. MooMoo.io does this almost flawlessly, with the options you're allowed are your name and skin color, with your server being automatically given to you.

Place things close together, or at least near each other, so it is easier to navigate between them. The longer a path is needed to see or view a specific image, paragraph, or link, the less likely a user will see it. Modrinth is a good example of this, as the entire screen is very compact. Practically every pixel has something to click on, so easily navigating the site becomes a breeze.

Users will understand simpler designs and structures more easily than more complex and nuanced ones. The easier something is to process, the easier it will be to understand. For instance, Canva uses simplistic terms and easy-to-understand images throughout their site to ease a newcomer's learning process over the site.

To make it easier on the viewer, divide your content into smaller chunks of content. This makes it easier to both arrange and organize the information, as well as easier for the viewer to digest. Gmail acts as a perfect example of this, as the various streams of information you get are naturally divided into the Inbox, Archive, Sent, Starred, Spam, Drafts, & Trash icons. But then, they can be further broken down into labels that you can set to automatically apply to certain kinds of emails. Additionally, you can create mini-inboxes on the righthand side with their own custom filters.

Design elements that are close in proximity to each other will be seen and classified as a group, regardless of the original intent. Elements that are supposed to form a group must be noticeably placed close to the other elements in their group than elements of other groups. Tumblr does this very well as all the forms of management are grouped together on the side and all the ways to post are grouped together in the center.

Objects, items, or design features that look similar will be seen as related, even if they are clearly distanced and separated by many many factors. If unrelated features are being conflated, try diversifying the designs of one of them. Royal Road is a clear example of this, with each page boasting a unique symbol to differentiate them.

Users will usually prefer websites that work familiarly to other websites they know. This means that their conventions are consistent, as are their icons. A good example is TVTropes, which has familiar words rather than buttons.