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Macintoshes

effective font sizes compared to Windows PCs, 254

text display compared to Windows PCs, 249

MacOS text resolution, 254

Macromedia website

Contact Macromedia page, 238-240

home page of, 26, 27

Mailman listserv software package, user interface of, 151

Making People Type blooper, 122-124

managers

memo to, 282

of Web development teams , 5

mandatory choice, indicating, 148, 149

Maps.Yahoo.com. See Yahoo.com

meaningful defaults, menus needing, 132-133

meaningless options for users, 58

menus

choosing from an explicit set of possible values, 123

containing their own prompt as a default value, 135

with no default, 130-133

preferable to radiobuttons when no default can be assumed, 135

setting the initial value as its label or an instruction to users, 130

with vague labels and no initial values, 132, 133

metadata, 178

Microsoft Word, tabs in, 276

Microsoft.com

black text on a saturated red background, 255-256

duplicate links not involving navigation bars, 98

error message for invalid phone number, 124, 125

improving the legibility of the error messages, 257

Personal Support Incident Submission page requesting redundant information, 44-45

text excerpts from, 249, 250

misleading descriptions on Web pages, 25-26

Missing Links: It's Back or Nothing blooper, 116-119

Missing or Useless Content blooper, 35-37

Missing Relevant Items blooper, 175-178

mistakes. See bloopers

MKP.com. See Morgan-Kaufmann Publishers website

Monterey.com (Monterey, California, Chamber of Commerce)

buttons that look like buttons , 225, 226

confusing form, 152

dumping users at another website, 103

improving newsletter subscription controls, 154, 156

main navigation scheme separated from site logistics, 91-92

pale blue buttons appearing to be inactive, 270, 271

poorly marked links, 222, 223, 224

self-links on the Help page, 114

spotting duplicate links at, 99-100

Morgan-Kaufmann Publishers website

displaying a blank page, 117

expired digital certificate, 33-34

poor search function default, 136-137

Mosaic Web browser, 6

MSDN.Microsoft.com, self-link in the navigation bar, 112

muddling through, baffling websites , 164

multiline links, ambiguity of, 234-236

multiple search functions, costs of, 169

Mysterious Controls blooper, 151-157

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