The case against user interface consistency
- 1 October 1989
- journal article
- Published by Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) in Communications of the ACM
- Vol. 32 (10), 1164-1173
- https://doi.org/10.1145/67933.67934
Abstract
Designers striving for user interface consistency can resemble Supreme Court justices trying to define pornography: each of us feels we know it when we see it, but people often disagree and a precise definition remains elusive. A close examination suggests that consistency is an unreliable guide and that designers would often do better to focus on users' work environments.Keywords
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