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usability principle 3 comparison table

Subject	is an instance of	follow by	is a kind of	state
usability principle			principle
usability principle 3	usability principle	making sure users can move from step to step easily as they perform their tasks making sure that user has to read the smallest amount of text, to navigate the least, to type the least and not to be lead into making errors making sure the user does not have to repeatedly select menu items to complete a single task avoiding sequences of modal dialogs, since they give users the feeling that the computer is in control of the interaction		Ensure that the sequences of actions to achieve a task are as simple as possible

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