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Macintosh computer, place in design history, 322

MacPaint, 288, 322-323

Macromedia Fireworks, 233

Magic Cap interface, 252-253

mahlstick, 266

Making Use (Carroll), 76

manifest model, 156, 161, 163, 165

manipulation

control, 303-308, 425-426

direct, 263-266, 303-304, 425-426

handle, using, 310

indirect, 267

object, 308-316

program, 264-265

marketing

demography, 53

goal, 5-6, 8, 14

persona, using in, 57, 60, 62

research, 14, 15, 53

segmentation model, 53, 62, 63

team, 505

mathematical thinking, 26-27, 124-126

MDI (multiple document interface), 334-335

mechanical design, 8, 9, 21-22, 27-31

The Media Equation (Nass and Reeves), 132

memory

cost, 178

main versus disk, 167, 171-172, 178

solid-state, 178

undo functionality, dedicating buffer to, 164-165

mental model

described, 21

drag–and–drop operation, of, 298

file management interface, 169, 171-172, 177

flow, 120

Goal-Directed Design as reflection of, 25

implementation model versus, 21-22, 23, 26, 171-172

mistake, of, 157

visual design in function of, 234

Web application, 482, 486

menu. See also specific menu

bang menu, 376

beginner user reliance on, 36, 367-369

cascading, 367, 374-375

checkmarking active item, 377

consistency, 149

dialog box, accessing from, 369, 394

disabling inapplicable item, 376-377

drop-down, 366-367, 368-369, 387

expanding, 375-376

flip-flop item, 377

hierarchy, 364-365, 366, 374-375

icon utilization on, 377-378

Insert menu, 373

keyboard equivalent, displaying on, 369, 378-380

naming, 371

navigating menu system, 145-146

navigation system point of reference, as, 149

obscurity, 7

placement, 371

pop-up, 366-367

reliability, 149

sequential, 364-365

shortcut, displaying on, 378-379

standard set, 371-373

system menu, 380

teaching tool, as, 367-369, 378, 382

toolbar, adding drop-down menu to, 387, 388

toolbar versus, 381-382

meta-key

described, 280

drag-and-drop operation using, 265, 304, 307, 311-312

selection operation using, 283-284, 309

window navigation using, 331-332

metaphor

affordance, 228, 256-258, 339

availability of good metaphors, 252

beginner user, for, 249, 254

global metaphor, 252-254

idiomatic interface versus, 250-251

paradigm involved, 248-249

recognition, 247, 249, 256-258, 382-383

reproducing physical world, 247, 249, 252-254

scalability, 247, 249

spatial metaphor, 247, 252-253

visual metaphor, 137-138, 248, 322

Microsoft software. See specific product

Microsoft/Apple lawsuit, 324

milestoning, 165, 176. See also reversion functionality

minimizing interface, 119, 123-124

mistake, learning from, 245

mnemonic, keyboard, 218, 372, 379-380

mockup, 88-89

modal dialog box, 395

mode, 322-323, 492-493, 496

modeless dialog box, 396-401

modeless feedback, 122, 450-455

modeling, 55. See also specific model

monocline grouping, 156

Morville, Peter (Information Architecture), 477

Most Recently Used list. See MRU list

Motif interface, 331

motion picture projector analogy, 21

motivation, 12, 62-63, 66

mouse

area, clickable, 270

buttons, 271-272

canceling mouse operation, 304-305, 306

capture, 303-305

clicking, 273-274

clicking and dragging, 274, 303-306

clicking, chord, 275, 305

clicking, double, 274-275

clicking, focus, 279-280

clicking, triple, 275

debouncing, 297-298

down event/point, 275-276, 303

dragging, 274, 303-306

dragging, double, 275

event, 275-276

graphics software utilization of, 307-308

keyboard alternative, providing, 271

learning to use, 250-251

Macintosh, 271

metaphoric value of, 250-251, 267

Microsoft, 271

motor control, 267, 269-270

movement ratio, 267, 299-301

pliancy, 305-306

pointing, 273

selection using, 271, 281, 285, 309

Unix, 271

up event/point, 275-276, 303

use, appropriate, 267

vernier function, 299-301

moving object, 309

MRU (Most Recently Used) list, 372

MSN Money Deluxe Portfolio Manager, 482

Mullet, Kevin (Designing Visual Interfaces), 225

multiple document interface. See MDI

multitasking, 192

mux, 342

My Documents folder (Windows), 472