6 March 2024 by Phillip Johnston • Last updated 8 August 2025The following are a collection of useful software design principles for designing usable software. While we are not usability experts, we find that reviewing these principles does help guide our development in a positive direction. Below, we present six high-level principles, with supporting principles/qualities grouped as sub-bullets. This is not a canonical list or organization scheme, but it is useful for our purposes. Usefulness The system should provide necessary utilities and address the real needs of users The system should not impede efficient use by a skilled, experienced user …
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