Designing the obvious

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"Designing the Obvious" by Robert Hoekman dedicates a whole chapter in his book on supporting the user's mental model. A great example he gives is deleting files. Instead of writing command line prompts to delete files, users simply drag icons into a trash bin on their desktop. The visual metaphor of throwing something away is simple and it makes sense.

I love Designing the Obvious - it's a great book on interface design and usability, and focuses on web applications. Very relevant to this community.

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