GUI Bloopers 2.0, 2nd Edition

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First Principles

• Introduction
• Basic Principle 1: Focus on the users and their tasks, not on the technology
• Basic Principle 2: Consider function first, presentation later
• Basic Principle 3: Conform to the users’ view of the task
• Basic Principle 4: Design for the common case
• Basic Principle 5: Don’t complicate the users’ task
• Basic Principle 6: Facilitate learning
• Basic Principle 7: Deliver information, not just data
• Basic Principle 8: Design for responsiveness
• Basic Principle 9: Try it out on users, then fix it!

Introduction

This book describes common user-interface bloopers found in software-based products and services and provides design rules and guidelines for avoiding each one. First, ...