QUESTIONS

Explain three important user interface design

principles.

What are three fundamental parts of most user inter$-$

faces?

Why is content awareness important?

What is white space, and why is it important?

Under what circumstances should densities be low?

High?

How can a system be designed to be used by both

experienced and first$-$time users?

Why is consistency in design important? Why can too

much consistency cause problems?

How can different parts of the interface be consistent?

Describe the basic process of user interface design.

What are use cases, and why are they important?

What is a WND$,$ and why is it used?

Why are interface standards important?

Explain the purpose and contents of interface meta$-$

phors, interface objects, interface actions, interface

icons, and interface templates.

Why do we prototype the user interface design?

Why is it important to perform an interface evaluation

before the system is built?

Compare and contrast the four types of interface

evaluation.

Under what conditions is heuristic evaluation justi$-$

fied?

What are Krug's three design principles?

Describe three basic principles of navigation design.

How can you prevent mistakes?

Explain the differences between object$-$action order

and action$-$object order.