Usability: Friendliness

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All essential options and information for a task are visible, while excess information is avoided. Display elements are easily distinguished, and tool tips provided. Possible and impossible actions are indicated. 0.4 0.6 0.9 1.0 1.0
Display handles variety of scales, including mobile phone size if that is targeted, while allowing user ready access to needed controls. 0.2 0.5 0.8 1.0 1.0
Generated data products are organized clearly, with embedded metadata wherever possible. 0.1 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.0
Lists of resources are neatly presented for easy access, comparison, access to details, and handling of scale. Both filter and scrolling are available; user can control number of items presented. 0.2 0.5 0.7 0.9 1.0 1.0
Simple and common tasks are easy to perform and communicated clearly and simply in the user's reference frame. The product minimizes the effort for users, by making appropriate assumptions, presenting appropriate defaults, and offering appropriate short-cuts. 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.7 1.0 1.0 1.0
System can be controlled or used by foreign speakers and color-vision-deficient individuals. 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 0.8
Terminology used throughout the system or product is internally consistent, appropriate to the context, and suitable for targeted users, avoiding codes unless universally known. 0.2 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8
User commands are quickly and intuitively reflected in system behavior and subsequent system presentation (e.g., previous filters remain visible). 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.0 1.0
User intefaces maintain consistent patterns of behavior and style (e.g., buttons and cancel/save exits have consistent look and feel), creating an understandable presentation throughout the application. 0.3 0.6 1.0 1.0 1.0
User interfaces are organized in meaningful and useful ways that are recognizable to users. 0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.0 1.0
User mistakes are tolerated gracefully; multiple levels of "command undo" are provided, paths to 'go back' are available, irreversible actions are rare but verified if needed, and suggestions are offered in response to faulty input. 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.0
User variation is handled automatically; varying sequences and input formats are handled, and reasonable actions are accepted. 0.3 0.5 0.7 1.0 1.0
Users are informed of relevant software actions, state changes, errors, and assumptions in clear and simple ways. 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.0