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nelaaney · **on:** Jul 7, 2018

What is consistency in user interface design? What kind of problems might lack of consistency cause?

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

voltaire123 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 7, 2018

Answer to Question 1

The user interface is composed of visual controls that are metaphors. Therefore, the UI designer must rely on what the user already knows or is reasonably expected to know. Consistency in the user interface is achieved when the user can predict what kinds of actions produce what kinds of results. Consistency and predictability of expectations are essential both to the vocabulary and the syntax of the user interface. Users cannot learn everything from scratch every time they work with a new application.

Answer to Question 2

F