Cause and Effect

Confidence level: ***

Status: proposed

Super-patterns

• Usability Project/Pattern Language/Explorable Interface

• Usability Project/Pattern Language/Tools for Humans

• Usability Project/Pattern Language/Principle of Least Surprise

Problem statement

FIXME

Example: when MS Office shows you font and size previews directly in the document, as you hover the list of fonts.

Sub-patterns

• Usability Project/Pattern Language/Instant Apply

• Usability Project/Pattern Language/Direct Manipulation

• Usability Project/Pattern Language/Appropriate Response Time

• Usability Project/Pattern Language/Animated Transitions