Familiarity is a filter
When you've designed something, you cannot un-know it. You read past the parts that confuse newcomers. You assume context that hasn't been shared. You scan, rather than read.
What new eyes notice
A first-time visitor sees the page in a sequence: what is this, who is it for, what should I choose, what happens next. When any one of those questions takes more than a few seconds to answer, momentum slows.
“Confidence is built one resolved question at a time.”
