Designers need to SOLVE problems every day, and finding the right solution involves in-depth research and carefully planned testing. It would be great to discover a one-size-fits-all approach or a secret formula that would automatically solve all our interface design issues. We might not have the answer for that yet, but we do know of certain shortcuts we can sometimes take. We also know about current trends, which you can READ about in our guide to UI and UX design trends for 2020.“Heuristics” are simple and efficient rules that help us form judgements and make DECISIONS. We can think of them as being general guidelines in TERMS of UI best practices. Note: these rules have their time and place, and are not a replacement for usability testing.While Jakob Nielsen’s 10 Heuristics for User Interface Design is probably the most popular set of heuristics out there, there are others. Ben Shneiderman CREATED one of the greatest guides to solid interaction design called Designing the User Interface, which reveal his own collection of principles known as the “Eight Golden Rules of Interface Design”. We’re going to look at these rules today.