Heuristic Evaluation
A usability inspection method where experts review a user interface against a set of heuristics to identify usability issues.
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“interface usability”
Recognition Over Recall
A design principle that suggests interfaces should minimize the need for users to recall information from memory, instead providing cues to aid recognition.
Touch Target
The area within which a user can interact with an element, designed to be large enough for easy tapping.
UI Design
The design of user interfaces for machines and software, such as computers, mobile devices, and other electronic devices, with the focus on maximizing usability and the user experience.
Adaptive Interfaces
User interfaces that change in response to user behavior or preferences to improve usability and efficiency.
Usability
The degree to which a product or system can be used by specified users to achieve specified goals with effectiveness, efficiency, and satisfaction in a specified context of use.
Nielsen’s Heuristics
A set of ten general principles for user interface design created by Jakob Nielsen to improve usability.
Cognitive Walkthrough
A usability evaluation method where evaluators walk through tasks to identify potential user difficulties.
Fitts’s Law
A predictive model of human movement that describes the time required to move to a target area, used to design user interfaces that enhance usability.