About Face

to minimize mouse movement

Make all actions reversible.

Don’t stack tabs.

Inform the user when the application is unresponsive

Use links for navigation and buttons for action.

A dialog box is another room; have a good reason to go there.

Visually show what; textually tell which.

Take things away until the design breaks, and then put that last thing back in.

Save documents and settings automatically.

Significant change must be significantly better.