UI/UX

Below is a sketch of an enterprise resource planning interface based roughly on the principles of Miller’s law. 

Miller’s Law implies that our cognitive processing and memory capabilities have inherent limitations. Trying to remember more than seven items can result in cognitive overload and decreased accuracy in retaining and recalling information. On the other hand, if we group or organize information into meaningful chunks or patterns, we can effectively increase our capacity to remember and process larger amounts of information.

For example, when trying to remember a long string of numbers like “1375928614,” it is challenging to recall accurately. However, if we chunk the numbers into smaller groups like “1375-928-614,” it becomes easier to remember because we have reduced the number of discrete items to three chunks.

Miller’s Law has significant implications for various fields, including human-computer interaction, user interface design, and educational psychology. By understanding this principle, designers, educators and managers can optimize information presentation and learning methods to align with the limited capacity of our short-term memory.