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Quote: rules for a minimalist UI -- no wasted actions, no retyping, automation, defaults; smallest actions do the most useful things; no pop-up menus, no keyboard necessary
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minimal manuals and guided exploration
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goals for a programming system
Topic:
user interface design
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Several interrelated rules were followed in the design … First, brevity: there should be no actions in … Thus 'help' is not a 'click-to-type' system because … appear is wasted; and so on. Second, no … the screen. … As a corollary, when not typing genuinely new … it should be possible to work efficiently and … and make mundane decisions. For example, it should … over the entire text string. Finally, defaults: the … the most useful thing. Complex actions should be … Google-1 Google-2
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Topic: minimal manuals and guided exploration (44 items)
Group: goals for a programming system (21 topics, 971 quotes)
Topic: user interface design (36 items)