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===== The maxims ===== | ===== The maxims ===== | ||
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+ | ==== Design ==== | ||
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+ | * Universality begets complexity. | ||
+ | * Optimize the right thing. | ||
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+ | ==== Clients ==== | ||
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+ | * What, not how. | ||
==== UX ==== | ==== UX ==== | ||
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* You are not the typical user. | * You are not the typical user. | ||
* The easier you make it for someone to do something, the more they will do it. | * The easier you make it for someone to do something, the more they will do it. | ||
- | * Users won’t read anything. | + | * Users don’t read. |
* If in doubt, do the default. | * If in doubt, do the default. | ||
* Users develop models, except they develop habits. | * Users develop models, except they develop habits. | ||
- | ==== Clients | + | ===== Observed trends ===== |
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- | * What, not how. | + | |
==== Design ==== | ==== Design ==== | ||
- | * Universality begets complexity. | + | * Make corner cases no more difficult than typical cases, even if it makes typical cases cumbersome. (See "Universality begets complexity," and "Optimize the right thing".) |
- | * Optimize the right thing. | + | |
- | ===== Observed trends | + | ==== UX ==== |
- | Make corner cases possible and no more difficult than typical cases, even if it makes typical cases cumbersome. (See " | + | |
- | Minimum plausible affordances. | + | * Minimum plausible affordances. |
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