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===== The maxims ===== | ===== The maxims ===== | ||
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==== Design ==== | ==== Design ==== | ||
* Universality begets complexity. | * Universality begets complexity. | ||
- | * Optimize | + | * Complexity scales exponentially with the number of added features. |
- | + | * Optimize the right things. | |
- | ==== Clients ==== | + | ==== Usability |
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- | * What, not how. | + | |
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- | ==== UX ==== | + | |
* 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 likely |
* Users don’t read. | * Users don’t read. | ||
* If in doubt, do the default. | * If in doubt, do the default. | ||
- | * Users develop models, except they develop habits. | + | |
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+ | ==== For clients ==== | ||
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+ | * What, not how. | ||
===== Observed trends ===== | ===== Observed trends ===== | ||
- | Make corner cases possible and no more difficult than typical cases, even if it makes typical cases cumbersome. (See " | ||
- | Minimum plausible affordances. | + | Not actually maxims, but rather some trends that can get you into trouble. |
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+ | ==== Design ==== | ||
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+ | * Make corner cases no more difficult than typical cases, even if it makes typical cases cumbersome. (See " | ||
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+ | ==== UX ==== | ||
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+ | * Minimum plausible affordances. |
mithats_maxims.txt · Last modified: 2021/11/18 21:23 by mithat