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Universal Principles of Design, Updated and Expanded Third Edition
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Universal Principles of Design, Updated and Expanded Third Edition

by William Lidwell, Kritina Holden, Jill Butler
May 2023
Intermediate to advanced
132 pages
13h 52m
English
Rockport Publishers
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064 Feedback

Information about status or performance used for confirmation, decision-making, and improvement.

Giving feedback to people can be challenging because there are human factors independent of the feedback that determine its effectiveness (e.g., attentional and working memory limits, background knowledge, motivation, perceived relevance).1

Whether feedback is system-to-person or person-to-person, there are two overarching principles essential to all effective feedback:

  1. Orientation — Grabbing attention with a stimulus and then setting an appropriate affect and expectation of what’s next. For example, the system may provide feedback with a pop-up dialog and alert sound, complete with a warning icon and headline about the problem (system-to-person ...
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ISBN: 9780760375174