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Study 06 · Return / retention model

Continue Loop

Hypothesis: History should become Continue / Library, not primary navigation.

Primary objectListening Session
Mental modelThe user is not managing history; they are continuing something they were understanding.
IA implicationContinue is surfaced; Library is secondary; History tab is avoided.
PLG lensContinuation creates habit; completed retellings can become shareable artifacts later.

What to try

  1. Resume Genesis
  2. Switch to another saved passage
  3. Notice whether Library feels secondary but available

ORCA focus

  • Listening Session belongs to Passage
  • Session has progress
  • Session remembers active Retelling
  • Library collects Passages

IxD states

  • Open as returning user
  • Resume active session
  • Open Library only if needed

YAGNI cuts

  • No History bottom tab
  • No database-feeling list first
  • No filters before enough content exists

Continue loop

Continue understanding

Not history. A resume surface.

Genesis 1

Bedtime storyteller · Retold · 1:12 left

68% complete

Library

Decision prompt

Should History be reframed as Continue / Library?