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<h2 id="enchant-me">Enchant Me</h2>
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<h4 id="delight-me">Delight me in surprising ways</h4>
<p>A beautiful surface, a carefully-placed animation, or a well-timed sound effect is a joy to
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force is at hand.</p>
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<h4 id="real-objects-more-fun">Real objects are more fun than buttons and menus</h4>
<p>Allow people to directly touch and manipulate objects in your app. It reduces the cognitive effort
needed to perform a task while making it more emotionally satisfying.</p>
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<img src="{@docRoot}design/media/principles_real_objects.png">
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<h4 id="make-it-mine">Let me make it mine</h4>
<p>People love to add personal touches because it helps them feel at home and in control. Provide
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ sensible, beautiful defaults, but also consider fun, optional customizations tha
primary tasks.</p>
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<h4 id="get-to-know-me">Get to know me</h4>
<p>Learn peoples' preferences over time. Rather than asking them to make the same choices over and
over, place previous choices within easy reach.</p>
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<h2 id="simplify-my-life">Simplify My Life</h2>
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<h4 id="keep-it-brief">Keep it brief</h4>
<p>Use short phrases with simple words. People are likely to skip sentences if they're long.</p>
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<h4 id="pictures-faster-than-words">Pictures are faster than words</h4>
<p>Consider using pictures to explain ideas. They get people's attention and can be much more efficient
than words.</p>
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<img src="{@docRoot}design/media/principles_pictures.png">
@@ -117,15 +117,15 @@ than words.</p>
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<h4 id="decide-for-me">Decide for me but let me have the final say</h4>
<p>Take your best guess and act rather than asking first. Too many choices and decisions make people
unhappy. Just in case you get it wrong, allow for 'undo'.</p>
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@@ -134,15 +134,15 @@ unhappy. Just in case you get it wrong, allow for 'undo'.</p>
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<h4 id="only-show-when-i-need-it">Only show what I need when I need it</h4>
<p>People get overwhelmed when they see too much at once. Break tasks and information into small,
digestible chunks. Hide options that aren't essential at the moment, and teach people as they go.</p>
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<h4 id="always-know-where-i-am">I should always know where I am</h4>
<p>Give people confidence that they know their way around. Make places in your app look distinct and
use transitions to show relationships among screens. Provide feedback on tasks in progress.</p>
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<h4 id="never-lose-my-stuff">Never lose my stuff</h4>
<p>Save what people took time to create and let them access it from anywhere. Remember settings,
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easiest thing in the world.</p>
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<h4 id="looks-same-should-act-same">If it looks the same, it should act the same</h4>
<p>Help people discern functional differences by making them visually distinct rather than subtle.
Avoid modes, which are places that look similar but act differently on the same input.</p>
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<h4 id="interrupt-only-if-important">Only interrupt me if it's important</h4>
<p>Like a good personal assistant, shield people from unimportant minutiae. People want to stay
focused, and unless it's critical and time-sensitive, an interruption can be taxing and frustrating.</p>
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<h2 id="make-me-amazing">Make Me Amazing</h2>
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<h4 id="give-me-tricks">Give me tricks that work everywhere</h4>
<p>People feel great when they figure things out for themselves. Make your app easier to learn by
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may be a good navigational shortcut.</p>
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<h4 id="its-not-my-fault">It's not my fault</h4>
<p>Be gentle in how you prompt people to make corrections. They want to feel smart when they use your
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If you can fix it behind the scenes, even better.</p>
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<h4 id="sprinkle-encouragement">Sprinkle encouragement</h4>
<p>Break complex tasks into smaller steps that can be easily accomplished. Give feedback on actions,
even if it's just a subtle glow.</p>
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<h4 id="do-heavy-lifting-for-me">Do the heavy lifting for me</h4>
<p>Make novices feel like experts by enabling them to do things they never thought they could. For
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only a few steps.</p>
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<h4 id="make-important-things-fast">Make important things fast</h4>
<p>Not all actions are equal. Decide what's most important in your app and make it easy to find and
fast to use, like the shutter button in a camera, or the pause button in a music player.</p>
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