The document discusses the principles of EXCISE, which aims to have the implementation model fit user needs and mental models. It lists 11 principles for EXCISE, including not requiring extra steps from users, allowing input when there is output, avoiding unnecessary hierarchies or windows, and making navigation easier through reducing places to go and providing mapping and signposts.
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5. 1. Dont weld on training wheels
2. pure excise - let the machine decide
3. visual excise - ornamentation
4. Dont stop the proceedings with idiocy
5. Dont make users ask permission
6. Allow input whenever you have output
7. Dont force users to go to another window to perform a function that
affects the current window
8. Dont force users to remember where they put things
9. Dont force users to move & resize windows
10.Dont force users to reenter personal settings
11.Navigation is excise. Make it easier - how?
a. Reduce number of places to go
b. Provide signposts, overviews, mapping of controls to functions
c. Match user needs
d. Avoid hierarchies
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