Consistency

Consistency

The principle that things that are related should be presented in a similar way and things that are not related should be made distinctive. Consistency applies across quite varied contexts:

  • Information should be presented in a consistent way: if bold is used to provide emphasis in one part of a document, italics shouldn't be used in another part
  • Input and output should be consistent, pressing an up button should go up, not down
  • an application (website) should behave consistently in any context and on any platform (cross-platform compatibility)
  • what one person sees should be consistent with what another person sees, so that they can effectively communicate about it
  • an application (website) should behave consistently with the metaphor that it presents
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References: [1]www.designtalkboard.com [2]www.webopedia.com [3]www.motive.co.nz [4]www.joedolson.com [5]www.wikipedia.org [6]www.beseenwebdesign.com [7]www.launchmark.com [8]www.101webbuilders.com [9]www.answers.com [10]www.usabilityfirst.com [11]www.designer-info.com

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