First Principles of Interaction Design

The following principles are fundamental to the design and implementation of effective interfaces, whether for traditional GUI environments or the web. Of late, many web applications have reflected a lack of understanding of many of these principles of interaction design, to their great detriment. Because an application or service appears on the web, the principles do not change. If anything, applying these principles become even more important.

Anticipation
Autonomy
Color Blindness
Consistency
Defaults
Efficiency of the User
Explorable Interfaces
Fitts’ Law
Human Interface Objects
Latency Reduction
Learnability
Metaphors
Protect Users’ Work
Readability
Track State
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- principle: Strive to be universal
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Anticipation

Autonomy

Color Blindness

Consistency

Defaults

Efficiency of the User

Explorable Interfaces

Fitts’ Law

Human Interface Objects

Latency Reduction

Learnability

Metaphors

Protect Users’ Work

Readability

Track State

Visible Navigation