Feedback

toc =Principle of Design: Feedback=

What is feedback?
When interacting with something the Principle of Feedback is anticipated, Feedback can be described as the information sent back to the user regarding the action being taken place. In simple example is drawing with a pen on a paper but no pen marks are shown, the user does not know if the pen is working thus there is no feedback (Norman).



Example:
Older designs focused on design principles such as feedback allowing the user to interact with the system appropriately. Bell Telephone centered their attention around this the buttons were afforded to push and a tone would come back to the user notifying their action (Norman). When we first pick up a phone, other than cell phones you automatically hear a dial tone to inform you that the phone is connected. You then dial a number; it rings on your side of the call to notify the user that their call is being put through (Norman).

__Works Cited__
Norman, Donald A. __The Design of Everyday Things__. New York: Basic Books, 1998. 27-28. Image taken from http://web.ukonline.co.uk/freshwater/pictures/t746.jpg