"If you find an element of your interface requires instructions, then you need to redesign it." - Dan Rubin

Sounds nice and all but it’s wrong. I’ve had to walk someone through a page that had nothing but an input for email, an input for password, and a fucking button that says login.

What do I do?

Enter your email and password...

Ok what now?

Click the login button.

Is that the one that says login?

Yes this happens, and yes you’ve overestimated humanity

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Please tell this to Bungie.
The UI of Destiny 2 is a mess.

@Plasticnova that doesn't really require instructions.

Something requires instructions if a big part of the target group does have no clue what they should do.

@M1sf3t most games don't give any instructions besides showing controls.

"Press W to walk forward" is similar to an label for an input field. There are no instructions on the user having to click the field and type it in. Just like there are no instructions that you should not walk into walls.