>[!abstract] >In user interface design and software design, the principle of least astonishment (POLA), also known as principle of least surprise, proposes that a component of a system should behave in a way that most users will expect it to behave, and therefore not astonish or surprise users. The following is a corollary of the principle: "If a necessary feature has a high astonishment factor, it may be necessary to redesign the feature." ("Principle of least astonishment", 2025). ## References - Principle of least astonishment. (2025, January 3). In *Wikipedia*. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Principle_of_least_astonishment&oldid=1244434389