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Our working memory can only hold about 4–7 pieces of information at a time before performance drops.

“Progressive disclosure is a design pattern that gradually reveals information depending on the user’s need.”

Benefits of progressive disclosure

For many reasons, progressive disclosure is a great design process to implement in your product user interfaces.

Here are some of them:

Use Cases

1. Product Descriptions & Reviews:

Imagine a user, Sarah, looking for wireless earbuds on Amazon. She clicks on a promising option, but instead of quickly understanding if it’s right for her, she encounters:

In fact, I feel there is already too much information even before show more button😝, personally that much information burdens me.

Pain Points Solved