GOOD_DESIGN.md

Good Design

Credits go to Adam Silver

Make things obvious

• Use clear and concise language. Keep it simple
• Don't hide context
• Don't make people remember important information
• Make context easy to see
• Be consistent

Put users in control

• Let users save their progress
• Hightlight things that are important
• Let users see what happened
• Let users undo and change their actions
• Warn users about destructive actions
• Don't update the UI unoless it's the users intend

Good design is lightweight

• Use minimal decoration
• Only add what users really need
• Use pages for progressive disclosure
• Optimise what remans