Ian Paul G.

Acebes

Marvin Go

Consistency Does this cause Do the users Does these force

confusion to the recognize and apply users to memorize

users? patters? exceptions to the

rules increases the

cognitive burden

and causes

resentment?

Visibility Correct parts are Do natural signals Does controls

visible and do they naturally placed where users

convey correct interpreted? expect them to be?

message?

Affordance Do these use visual Do by looking at this Does this control

cues to users that object, a user know give the user clues

make controls look how to use it? as to how objects

clickable or can be used or

touchable? operated

Mapping Does pressing the Does controls Does these natural

button or activating positioned in logical mapping take

a control generally ways that matched advantage of

trigger to perform real-world objects or physical analogies

some function? general and cultural

 conventions? analogies?

Feedback Does this give users Does this action Does this action has

confirmation that an have the operating the operating

action has been activational Behavioral

performed feedback? feedback?

successfully?

Constraints Do these actions Do these actions Do these actions

prevent invalid data have Semantic take Logical

from being entered constraints? constraints?

and prevent invalid

actions from being

preformed?

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