9 guidance statements support this object characteristic:
- Avoid auditory distractions - For systems with auditory output, people may need to avoid auditory distractions that may prevent them from focusing on a task.
- Avoid interruptions - For systems that include notifications, advertisements, browser pop-ups, or other interruptions to task completion, people may need to avoid the unnecessary interruptions.
- Avoid olfactory distractions - For systems with olfactory output, people may need to avoid olfactory distractions that may prevent them from focusing on a task.
- Avoid tactile distractions - For systems with tactile output, people may need to avoid tactile distractions that may prevent them from focusing on a task.
- Avoid visual distractions - For systems with visual output, people may need to avoid visual distractions that may prevent them from focusing on a task.
- Control distractions - For systems that include notifications or other interruptions to task completion, people may need to control interruptions.
- Limited vision distinguish distractions - For systems that present content that is not related to a task or from a different source than the main content, people may need the secondary content to be clearly indicated programmatically, visually with high luminosity, or with equivalent auditory and tactile versions.
- Multiple Paths - People may need multiple paths through content with unnecessary distractions and interactions.
- Turn off tactile output - For systems with tactile output, people may need to turn off the tactile output from a system.