NI Design Tenets

National Instruments' design framework emphasizing respect for design history, user trust, focused interactions, and careful interpretation of user intent for engineering software experiences.

  1. Respect the History

  2. Stay Trustworthy

  3. Direct Focus

  4. Be Cautious When Assuming User Intent

  5. Promote Confidence

  6. Progressive Disclosure

  7. Encourage Direct Manipulation

  8. Provide Batch Operations, and Promote Property Inheritance

  9. Provide the Appropriate Level of "Scrappiness"

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