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= Schneiderman's 8 golden rules =
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* Consistency
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* Make the UI consistent
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* Same icons, same arrangement
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* same layout across suite of applications
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* shortcuts
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* great for power users
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* Make them consistent
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* informative feedback
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* give feedback to user about action being/about to be performed
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* folders are highlighted when clicked
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* dialogue
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* something to get attention of user
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* provide simple options to resolve issue
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* error handling
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* gracefully deal with errors
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* keep the user still engaged
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* Permit reversal of actions
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* IE ctrl z
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* Support internal locus control
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* double check that the user wants to perform dangerous actions
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* reduce short term memory load
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* Make common actions easily accessible
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* Don Norman
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* author of the design of everyday things
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* devised two gulfs
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* execution
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* evaluation
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* questions to ask
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* What to accomplish?
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* What are alternatives
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* what can i do?
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* How do i do it?
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* What happened
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* what does it mean?
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* Is it okay?
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* Principles
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* discoverable
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* easy to determine possible actions
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* feedback
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* give full and continuous feedback about results
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* conceptual
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* design projects all the info to create a good model of the system
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* lend itself to understanding and control
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* affordance
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* proper affordances with desired possible actions
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* signifiers
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* make feedback well communicated and intelligible
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* mappings
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* relationship between controls and actions
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* constraints
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* providing constraints to not allow user to do certain things
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* ask user before dangerous actions
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