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... A user interface is well designed when the program model conforms to the user model. That's it. Almost all good user interface design comes down to bringing the program model and the user ... front. What really happens is that Spreadsheet 2 comes to the front, as shown in Figure 2- 2, a frustrating surprise for almost anybody. 12 Figure 3-5: Half the screen...

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... use of options. 20 Chapter 4: Affordances and Metaphors Overview Developing a user interface where the program model matches the user model is not easy. Sometimes, your users might not have ... desktop metaphor Take a look at Figure 4 -2, a screenshot from Kai's Photo Soap. Can you guess how to zoom in? 21 Figure 4-10: The Napster 2. 0 user interface has five s...

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... to remember are: 1. Design for people who can't read. 2. Design for people who can't use a mouse. 3. Design for people who have such bad memories they would forget their own name ... This is a principle called design for extremes. Don't design something that can only be read in daylight: design it to be read in dim light, too. Don't design somethi...

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... talent to improve any user interface, from traditional GUI applications to Web sites to consumer electronics. Table of Contents User Interface Design for Programmers Foreword Introduction ... we think we're designing for users, but no matter how hard we try, we're designing for who we think the user is, and that means, sadly, that we're desi...

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... numbers, but I believe it was something like one or two programs for the average DOS user versus twelve programs for a Mac user. Because all 37 In Chapter 4, I talked about how nifty tabbed ... Juno was written, it had the standard log-on dialog that prompted you for a user name and a password. After you entered the user name, you were supposed to press Tab to go to the pas...

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... When you design user interfaces, it's a good idea to keep two principles in mind: 1. Users don't have the manual, and if they did, they wouldn't read it. 2. In fact, users can't ... Microsoft Windows shown in Figure 9 -2. Figure 9-1: The modem dialog from Juno 4.0. Nobody reads these things. 51 Look closely at your program's user interface and give u...

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... Imaginary Users The best UI designers in the industry may bicker among themselves, but they all agree on one thing: you have to invent and describe some imaginary users before you can design your ... Obviously, designing software for Pete is quite different from designing software for Patricia, who, in turn, is quite different from Mike, a sixteen-year-old who runs Linux at home,...

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... twelfth user. This is not science here; it's digging for truffles. Take about 3 or 4 pigs out to the forest, let them sniff around and you'll find most of the truffles. Bringing out 1 024 ... set up the payroll for my new company. I have four people to pay, and the payroll company has set me up with a Web-based interface in which I enter payroll information. This interfa...

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... means which. The general rule for how to use color was best stated by Web designer Diane Wilson: " ;Design in black and white. Add color for emphasis, when your design is complete." Strange ... which are beyond the scope of this book. In fact, there are whole books on the topic. But for user interface design, there are three crucial things you should try to keep i...

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... wipe up the tea before it ruins another keyboard. Frustrating, huh? Most designers of email-on-the-Web interfaces are aware of this time lag, and they've compensated for it by putting ... out for when you design for the Web: time delay and the limitations of HTML. On the Web, Nobody Knows You're on the Moon One of the biggest restrictions in designing for the Web is...

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