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If you ask UX designers about the goal of their job, they’ll probably tell you that the goal is to make the user's life simple. When UX designers work on a product, they put maximum effort into creating something that gives users the straightest path to their desired outcome. And while that goal might sound simple, in real life there are a lot of barriers that prevent users from achieving it.
One such barrier is anything that stops users and makes them think about how to proceed. Steve Krug famously said, “Don’t make me think,” and if you want to follow his advice, you need to focus on reducing cognitive load. One way of doing so is by using smart defaults.
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