Other progressive disclosure examples

Beyond user onboarding, progressive disclosure also takes other shapes such as:

• Content previews or snippets: You typically see snippets on blogs and news websites. They provide just enough preview for users to decide if they want to dive deeper and read the full content or move on to the next topic.
• Accordions: Help centers and FAQ pages often contain accordions to show multiple sections containing information that might be relevant only to a certain group of users.
• Dropdown menus and mega menus: Dropdown and mega menus help large, complex websites to save space and not overwhelm users with tons of options.
• Image sliders: Image sliders are often seen at e-commerce websites presenting the most popular or recommended items, so users don't always need to explore the whole catalog.
• Hamburger menus: Designers often use hamburger menus to hide navigation options that users use more rarely than others, like settings, the log-out option, about the app, request a feature, etc.
• Lazy loading: Lazy loading prevents overwhelming users and reduces interaction costs. All they have to do is to keep scrolling down if they want to explore more content.