Usability Views Article Details  home | timeline | recent | popular | e-reports | userati | about this site Ten Usability Heuristics (01 Dec 1994) These are ten general principles for user interface design. They are called "heuristics" because they are more in the nature of rules of thumb than specific usability guidelines. Article URL: http://www.useit.com/papers/heuristic/heuristic_list.html Read 328 more articles from Jakob Nielsen sorted by date, popularity, or title. Next Article: Usability Laboratories: A 1994 Survey This site is a labour of love built by Chris McEvoy