The Essential Elements of Great Web Application Design
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1Understand users, then ignore them.
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2Build only what’s absolutely necessary.
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3Support the user’s mental model
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4Turn beginners into intermediates.Immediately.
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5Prevent errors.(And handle the rest gracefully.)
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6Design for uniformity, consistency,and meaning.
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7Reduce, reduce, reduce.(And refine.)
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