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Obviousness comes from conforming to people's existing mental models: do not reinvent a common UI pattern unless the new one is at least twice as good.

Drawn from what Julie Zhuo said

design

design How things should be made and judged: what makes a design good, who should do the designing, and what an interface is for.

designunder our current: Good design is less, and it disappears into the hand What makes a design good?under our view: Good design disappears: it is obvious to use, explains itself, and is never noticed

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  1. Julie Zhuo

    Co-founder of Sundial; former vice president of product…

    Obviousness comes from conforming to people’s existing mental models. Don’t waste time reinventing common UI patterns or paradigms unless they are at least 2x better, or you have some critical brand reason to do so.

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