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Heuristic Evaluation and Redesign
Improvements to create a good design.
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The "Search Criteria" banner is superfluous. The user does not need to be told that the three edit fields on the "Order Search" page are the "Search Criteria". This would be expected and therefore does not need to be stated. The "Search Criteria" banner potentially uses unfamiliar terminology. The term "Search Criteria" could potentially be confusing to the user. Care should be taken to ensure that terminology used in the user interface matches that of the user.
The elements of form-fill-in design include the following: Comprehensible instructions.
Describe the user's tasks in familiar terminology.
Designing the User Interface, pg 262
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