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Also covers accessibility considerations like color contrast, typography, and keyboard navigation, plus user testing methods. Connects these principles to Nielsen's usability heuristics and includes real-world examples from Google, Amazon, Airbnb, Apple, and Material Design. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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