Laws of UX
Shares rank 12 of 18 reference websites by recommenders
Attractive poster-style reference of UX principles, a good starting point for learning design. Critics say it lacks examples and practical explanation, and the site has usability problems.
Attractive poster-style reference of UX principles, a good starting point for learning design. Critics say it lacks examples and practical explanation, and the site has usability problems.
13 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 7
- approval share
- 46%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 0.8 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
No examples or practical application
“There are no examples, no actual explanation of how to apply the laws or what breaks the laws, its just a general description.”
Comment from 30 Apr 2026 in “Laws of UX” “not a great decision to exclude visual examples when talking about the UI”
Comment from 30 Apr 2026 in “Laws of UX” Poor website design and navigation
“Site itself has bad back-forward UX. Why should I trust it?”
Comment from 9 Mar 2026 in “Laws of UX” “the design and UX of the website is terrible”
Comment from 30 Apr 2026 in “Laws of UX” “this one feels kind of half-assed”
Comment from 29 Apr 2026 in “Laws of UX” Unreadable menu and cluttered images
“The menu overlay of the shop page is transparent on iOS and thus not readable.”
Comment from 30 Apr 2026 in “Laws of UX” “The site is also packed with unnecessary images”
Comment from 30 Apr 2026 in “Laws of UX”
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| Laws of UXThis page | 6 | 7 | 46% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
12 of the 13 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Years ago I ended up on a page dedicated to explaining Laws of UX which has changed my outlook on design.”
“the design and UX of the website is terrible”
“not a great decision to exclude visual examples when talking about the UI”
“The site is also packed with unnecessary images”
“The menu overlay of the shop page is transparent on iOS and thus not readable.”
“There are no examples, no actual explanation of how to apply the laws or what breaks the laws, its just a general description.”
“It looks pretty, but it isn't an effective way to study these.”
“The problem with a set of mutually conflicting laws like this is that good designers are able to intuitively understand which ones to ignore”
“I think this is a PERFECT starting point for AI to "bulk check" some screens.”
“this one feels kind of half-assed”
“I love the design and poster aspect.”
“Site itself has bad back-forward UX. Why should I trust it?”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.