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First Principles of Interaction Design (Revised and Expanded)

Bruce Tognazzini · AskTog (Bruce Tognazzini) Free Advanced

Tognazzini built Apple's original interface guidelines, and this is his deep list of principles: anticipation, autonomy, consistency, discoverability, latency, and more. It goes further than the ten heuristics and is worth the read once the basics feel obvious. Dense, but every item is load bearing.

• Anticipate what the user needs next and put it within reach
• Consistency lets users transfer knowledge from screen to screen
• Perceived speed matters as much as actual speed