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Important UI Features That Are Often Left Out

I really want to know if I'm missing anything obvious in the software I'm developing.

What User Interface features that you consider important are often missing in most software?

Solution

  • These are some of the UI features that I often find are done badly, or are even missing:

    • Restoring window state properly.
    • Conforming to the average (non-beginner, non-expert) user's mental model.
    • Restricting the number of choices that the user has to make.
    • Restricting the amount that users have to read while using the app.
    • Strong consistency with other apps of the same genre running on the same platform.
    • A well-done Undo / Restore facility.
    • As somebody else remarked, context-sensitive help.
    • Allowing an app to be navigated without the aid of a mouse.
    • Good multi-monitor support.