Quick Start toolbar (Windows), 390
radio button control, 342-343, 430-431
reasonableness checking, 185, 195
Recycle Bin (Windows), 449, 450
redo functionality, 162, 163
Reeves, Byron ( The Media Equation ), 132
Registry (Windows), 471
reporting, eliminating unnecessary, 129
represented model, 22-25, 27-31
Requirements Definition phase of Goal-Directed
Design, 16, 17, 19, 78-83
research. See als interview
competitor software, reviewing existing, 44
contextual inquiry, 44-45
design, translating into, 15-16, 504
designer as researcher, 14-15
focus
goal-directed design phase, 16
literature review, 44
market research, 14, 15, 53
persona, constructing using, 47, 58-59, 70
problem statement, constructing from, 79
prototype, reviewing existing, 44
qualitative, inferring goal from, 63
qualitative, place in design process, 40
qualitative, quantitative versus, 39, 40
qualitative, questions addressable using, 39-40, 41, 42, 43
qualitative, types of, 40-41
quantitative, 14, 39, 40
usability research, 504
vision statement, constructing from, 79
reshaping object, 309-312
resizing object, 229, 309-310
resolution, screen, 333
reversion functionality, 165, 168. See also milestoning
RIM Blackberry handheld, 494, 495
role,
Rosenfeld, Louis ( Information Architecture ), 477, 478
rotating 3D object, 315-316
rubber–banding, 316
rudeness, avoiding, 7, 183-190, 436-437, 441-442
RVMF (rich visual modeless feedback), 451-453
Sano, Darrell ( Designing Visual Interfaces ), 225
Save As dialog, 124, 169-171
Save Changes dialog, 167-168
scarcity thinking, 502
scenario-based design
actor, 76
context, constructing, 80-82, 84
detail, appropriate level of, 87
dialogue between
finalizing, 90
form of product, developing using, 84, 88-90
goal-directed scenario, 76, 77, 78-79
idea, generating using, 75
idea, validating using, 75, 77
key
magic solution, 82
mapping, visual, 86, 87
need, identifying using, 82-83
pattern approach to, 88
persona, using in, 71, 76-77
principle, applying to, 88
scenario, 17, 75-77, 80-82
setting, 76
storyboarding, 87
task accomplishment, describing, 76
textual scenario, 81
use case scenario, 77
use, identifying necessary using, 90
validation scenario, 89-90
schedule, 41, 97
screen, initial, 84
screen real estate
control, 340, 341, 342, 343
dialog box, 399, 409, 411-412
embedded system, 492, 493
transient software, 109-110
Web design, 115
screen resolution, 333
scrollbar
annotating, 151-152
auto-scrolling, 295-297
display control, as, 360-361
feedback medium, as, 106, 360-361
horizontal, 349
list control, of, 345, 346, 348, 349
motor control necessary, 270-271
navigation method, as, 146, 148
screen edge, extending to, 361
sovereign software, 106
speed, 296
time delay, 296
transient software, 110
SDI (single document interface), 334-335
segmentation model, 53
selection
additive, 283-284
contiguous, 282-286
discrete, 282-286
drag rectangle, 285-286
exclusion, mutual, 283
extending, 285
graphics software selection-cursor, 307
indicating visually, 286-288
insertion-point selection, 285
keyboard, using, 271, 283-284, 309
mouse, using, 271, 281, 285, 309
null, 285
object-verb command order, 281-282
replacing, 284-285
spreadsheet, 285
undoing, 164
word processing, in, 284-285
XOR display, 286-287
self-referential design, 58
sequence model, 73
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Settings menu, 373
shadow
drop shadow, 327, 425-426
3D modeling, in, 313
shaping object, 309-312
shareware, 461
Shneiderman, Ben (user interface expert), 263
shortcut, keyboard, 217-218, 378-379, 415-416, 462-463
simplicity
economy of form, 97
mechanical design, 8
minimizing interface, 119, 123-124
transient software, 110-111
visual, 8, 228, 234
Web application, 482
single document interface. See SDI
sizing object, 229, 309-310
sketching interaction framework, 86
SketchUp, 314, 315, 463
sleep state, indicating, 128
slider control, 352-353, 361
smart software, 191-198
SmartRecovery (Windows), 472
SME (subject matter expert), 42
Software for Use (Constantine), 34
sovereign
document-centric, 108
feedback, 106
input method, 106-108
intermediate user, designing for, 105
posture, 103-108
screen real estate, 105, 106-107
scroll bar, 106
system tray launch area, 112
visual design, 105-106, 232, 233
Web application, 483-484, 486
window state, 104, 108, 331
spinner control, 353-354
splash screen, 461
splitter control, 277, 325, 361
Spreadsheet (Microsoft Works), 278
spreadsheet software, 159, 285, 333, 334. See also Excel
standards, 243-246, 371-373, 379
Start menu (Windows), 390
startup screen, avoiding blank, 130
state
busy, 128-129, 404
control, indicating on, 341, 342, 387
embedded system, 493
remembering, 111, 412-413, 420
sleep state, 128
Taskbar, indicating on, 112, 113
toolbar, indicating on, 387
visual design, indicating using, 226
window state, 104, 108, 331-334
status
appliance, smart, 118
dialog box, indicating using, 405-406
progress meter, 405, 451, 473
Windows status area, 112-113, 391
storage system, 199-203, 478, 485, 486
storyboarding, 87. See also scenario-based design
smart, 491, 493
style guide, 92
subject matter expert. See SME
success of design
goal, meeting as measure of, 19-20, 66-67
knowledge
persona, measuring against, 57
process for attaining, 8–9
suggestion, software offering of, 185
Symbian handhelds, 495
system modal dialog, 395, 410
system model, 21
system tray, 112