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 ===== The maxims ===== ===== The maxims =====
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 +==== Usability ====
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 +  * The easier you make it for someone to do something, the more likely they are to do it.
 +  * You are not the typical user.
 +  * Users don’t read.
 +  * If in doubt, do the default.
 +  * Users develop models, except they don't. They develop habits.
  
 ==== Design ==== ==== Design ====
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   * Universality begets complexity.   * Universality begets complexity.
   * Optimize the right thing.   * Optimize the right thing.
-  * The complexity of the design, process, or both scale exponentially with the number of added features.+  * The complexity of everything scales exponentially with the number of added features.
  
 ==== Clients ==== ==== Clients ====
  
   * What, not how.   * What, not how.
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-==== Usability ==== 
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-  * The easier you make it for someone to do something, the more likely they are to do it. 
-  * You are not the typical user. 
-  * Users don’t read. 
-  * If in doubt, do the default. 
-  * Users develop models, except they don't. They develop habits. 
  
 ===== Observed trends ===== ===== Observed trends =====
mithats_maxims.txt · Last modified: 2021/11/18 21:23 by mithat

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