UX Design for Mobile

The working memory limit

The way the information is displayed to the user can drastically change the ease with which it is understood. When we talk about mobiles, where space is very limited, limiting the number of options and providing navigation adapted to small spaces can help our user have a more satisfactory experience.

As you probably know, the human working memory is not limitless, and it is commonly thought to be limited to remembering a maximum of seven elements (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Magical_Number_Seven,_Plus_or_Minus_Two). Some authors such as Nelson Cowan suggested that the number of elements an adult can remember while performing a task is even lower, and gives the number of reference as four (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Working_memory ...