10 USABILITY HEURISTICS

Usability

Visibility

Show system status, tell what’s happening

Mapping

Use familiar metaphors & language

Freedom

Provide good defaults & undo

Consistency

Use same interface and language throughout

Error Prevention

Help users avoid making mistakes

Recognition

Make information easy to discover

Flexibility

Make advanced tasks fluid and efficient

Minimalism

Provide only necessary information in an elegant way

Error Recovery

Help users recognize, diagonize and recover from errors

Help

Use proactive and in-place hints to guide users