Walk the onboarding tradeoff
Choose onboarding steps that reduce user memory load and move quickly to the first useful action.
The onboarding moment A new user opens a fitness app with one goal: log today's workout before leaving the gym. Every screen before first value spends the user's patience. Usability heuristic lens Recognition beats recall Put guidance where the user needs it. Do not ask them to memorize a tour before they can act. Shortcut Explain everything first. The user succeeds before they are asked to learn the whole product. Onboarding should reduce uncertainty, not postpone value. 01 First screen 02 Setup 03 Fresh try Decision 1 The user has not logged anything yet.
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