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Principle Eliminating friction Every click, screen and decision is a tax on the person doing the work. Get them to the outcome in as few steps as possible, and never make the path a secret. Principle Minimize distance The eye has to travel to connect related things. The further apart two related items sit — vertically or horizontally — the more work a person does to tie them together. Principle One consistent pattern The same thing should look the same everywhere it appears, and you should be able to change it where it lives. Viewing and editing are one surface, not two mental models for one object. Principle Orientation Every screen silently answers three questions — where am I, how did I get here, where can I go next. Answer them and people feel confident; fail and they feel lost even when nothing is broken. Principle Progressive disclosure Show the essential few things up front and reveal the rest when it becomes relevant. You are deferring detail, not deleting it — and every deferred layer needs a visible door. Principle Surface, don't bury Prominence equals frequency times importance. The work people do every day should be the easiest to reach, and rarely-used things should live deeper — that is correct, not a bug.