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* Universality begets complexity. | * Universality begets complexity. | ||
* Complexity scales exponentially with the number of added features. | * Complexity scales exponentially with the number of added features. | ||
- | * Optimize the right things. | + | * Optimize the right thing(s). |
==== Usability ==== | ==== Usability ==== | ||
- | * The easier you make it for someone to do something, the more likely they are to do it. | ||
* You are not the typical user. | * You are not the typical user. | ||
+ | * The easier you make it for someone to do something, the more likely they are to do it. | ||
* Users don’t read. | * Users don’t read. | ||
* If in doubt, do the default. | * If in doubt, do the default. | ||
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==== Design ==== | ==== Design ==== | ||
- | * Make corner cases no more difficult than typical cases, even if it makes typical cases cumbersome. (See " | + | * Make corner cases no more difficult than typical cases, even if it makes typical cases cumbersome. (See " |
==== UX ==== | ==== UX ==== | ||
* Minimum plausible affordances. | * Minimum plausible affordances. |
mithats_maxims.txt · Last modified: 2021/11/18 21:23 by mithat