Heuristics Rule Number 8 - Translator

Continue to share my knowledge about UI design guideline from
Nielsen and Molich’s 10 general principles for interaction design.

Heuristics Rule Number 8
“Aesthetic and minimalist design”
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Dialogues should not contain information which is irrelevant or rarely needed. Every extra unit of information in a dialogue competes with the relevant units of information and diminishes their relative visibility.

What does it really mean?
This sounds familiar as we are following this as a routine. Aesthetic and Minimalist design is not about adding white space. It's all about giving relevant data and removing all the unwanted things.
The goal is to limit the amount of information the user must scan to locate relevant information within the interface.

When conducting a Heuristic Evaluation on interface design that is intended to find usability problems at heuristic point number 8, Aesthetic and minimalist design. I usually make a question like the following:

1.Is the user interface design simple and easy to understand?

2. Are users clear about what all icons mean and why they are included in the design?

3.Are all forms easy to understand and easy to fill in?

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