(World Wide Web Consortium)
The W3C COGA guidelines focus on designing for people with cognitive differences, including attention and processing challenges. A key idea is reducing unnecessary complexity and making interfaces predictable and easy to understand.
It highlights the importance of clear instructions, consistent layouts, and breaking down tasks into manageable steps. This helps users stay engaged without feeling overwhelmed. Although it’s focused on web accessibility, a lot of the principles apply more broadly to any interactive system.