Designing Interfaces People Don’t Notice
The best interface is the one nobody talks about, because it got out of the way. Good design is often invisible; it's the friction you removed, not the flourish you added.
Consistency beats cleverness almost every time. A predictable pattern used everywhere builds more trust than a delightful one-off interaction that breaks the user's mental model.
Before adding a new pattern, ask what existing pattern it's replacing, and why. Most interfaces don't need more components, they need fewer, used more consistently.
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