relayoutlag
/ˌriːleɪˈaʊtlæɡ/nounVerified NewThe relearning period that follows a software redesign, during which muscle memory reaches for moved buttons.
The button moved, the gesture changed, the menu reorganized; productivity dips while users privately retrace paths they had stopped thinking about. Relayoutlag is the uncounted cost of someone else's fresh look.
Etym. — *relayout* + *lag*; a lag imposed by redesign.
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