• Clicky-looking things get clicked; important things that aren’t clicky-looking get overlooked.
  • Things that cover up the focal thing get dismissed. Things that try and draw attention away from the focal thing get ignored. With vigor.
  • Safe-seeming things get tried. Other things get avoided. It’s rarely obvious what will seem safe.
  • A login is simple. If it’s broken then so is trust with the whole product. Even if it’s just a login.
  • Every extra thing you add to teach someone how to do something is an extra thing they’ll ignore.
  • Making something more prominent is a relative thing; making it more prominent will make other things less prominent. Do those other things deserve to be less prominent?