1. EXCISE
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2. What is unclear to you about EXCISE?
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3. vs.
needs goals
i m p le me n t at i o n me n t a l
mo de l mo de l
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4. ultimate EXCISE:
i ng us e rs ch ange t h e i r
Mak
me n t a l mo de ls to f i t t he
i m p le me n t a t i o n mo de l .
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5. 1. Don’t weld on training wheels
2. “pure” excise - let the machine decide
3. visual excise - ornamentation
4. Don’t stop the proceedings with idiocy
5. Don’t make users ask permission
6. Allow input whenever you have output
7. Don’t force users to go to another window to perform a function that
affects the current window
8. Don’t force users to remember where they put things
9. Don’t force users to move & resize windows
10.Don’t force users to reenter personal settings
11.Navigation is excise. Make it easier - how?
a. Reduce number of places to go
b. Provide signposts, overviews, mapping of controls to functions
c. Match user needs
d. Avoid hierarchies
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