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There are many invisible functions we face everyday: Water-tabs that are triggered if you weave a hand in front of them, keyboard shortcuts and touch-gestures. Functionality is invisible as well if you need to go to a certain place to see a visual representation. So the folder you save your work in is invisible as long as you don't open the file manager and navigate to your folder. Same with deeply nested menus. | There are many invisible functions we face everyday: Water-tabs that are triggered if you weave a hand in front of them, keyboard shortcuts and touch-gestures. Functionality is invisible as well if you need to go to a certain place to see a visual representation. So the folder you save your work in is invisible as long as you don't open the file manager and navigate to your folder. Same with deeply nested menus. | ||
A positive example of a interface that does a great job concerning visibility is the of a car. Everything you need is immediately visible. | A positive example of a interface that does a great job concerning visibility is the cockpit of a car. Everything you need is immediately visible. | ||
Often the principle of visibility is ignored to make the interface disappear in order to make the product look nicer. Sometimes it really adds a bit of aesthetics but for the price of easy use and learning. So don't do so. What can be invisible are accelerator mechanisms like shortsćuts as long as the functions they trigger are accessible in an other, visible way. | Often the principle of visibility is ignored to make the interface disappear in order to make the product look nicer. Sometimes it really adds a bit of aesthetics but for the price of easy use and learning. So don't do so. What can be invisible are accelerator mechanisms like shortsćuts as long as the functions they trigger are accessible in an other, visible way. | ||