General principles

• Feedback to user
• The user should be in control
• Predictability
• Transparency
• Never interrupt the user
• Can I guess what the user wants?
• Error tolerance
• WYSIWYG
• Speak the user's language
• Design should reflect the user's logic, not the constructor's logic
• The design of a button should reflect its importance
• Provide alternative ways out of a situation
• Accessibility to handicapped users
• Novices versus experienced users
• Standardization
• Open standards

 

This page was last modified 2008-Dec-08