How Jakob Nielsen’s Usability Heuristics Apply to Visual Analytics

Alyssa Huff’s article offers insights into how to use these principles as part of your workflow: when to evaluate your interface, how the heuristics complement (but don’t replace) user testing, and how we should treat them as an evolving guideline – not a rigid checklist. Absorbing this article will help you proactively catch usability issues before they become user complaints, create tools that feel intuitive, and overall craft a better user experience for your users.