Index_V

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VALS segmentation, 53

VB (Visual Basic), 308, 330, 473

VBRUN.DLL, 473

vectors, 215-218, 220, 363-369

Veen, Jeffrey (The Art and Science of Web Design), 477

verb-object command order, 281

vernier function, 299-301. See also mouse

version information, indicating, 460

viability, 8, 9, 43

View menu, 373

viewpoint in 3D modeling, 313

Visio, 127

vision statement, 78-79

visual design. See also color; posture

affordance, 228, 256-258, 339

alignment, 230-231, 300

ambiguity, 108

art versus, 225

background, 229

balance, 229, 232

behavior of software, indicating using, 236

branding, 237, 243, 251-252, 461

butcon, 382-383

causality, indicating using, 238

children, for, 237

clutter, avoiding, 144, 227-228

comparison, enforcing, 238

consistency, 226, 234, 243-246, 378

contrast, 228, 229, 242, 243

control, of, 355, 429-432

culture, considerations of, 231, 234, 256

designer, specialized, 88-89, 225, 226

dialog box, 236, 397

efficiency, visually, 228

eye movement considerations, 231

file management interface, 126-127, 128, 168

flow, visual, 230

function, integrating with, 228, 236-237

Golden Section ratio, 232-233

grid structure, 230-231

grouping elements, 229, 230

harmony, spatial, 232-233

hinting, 265, 276-279, 292-293, 314, 338

icon, 234, 235, 458

idiom, visual, 251-252

imagery, 234-236, 248, 339, 382

information, visual, 226, 237-241

integrity of content, 239

language, visual, 234

layering, 228, 229

Mac OS, 226, 229, 235, 243, 244

mental model, in function of, 234

metaphor, visual, 137-138, 248, 322

navigation tool, visual element as, 241

noise, avoiding, 227-228

orientation, 229

paradigm, visual, 247

pattern, basing on, 228

persona, in function of, 234

pliancy, 338

quantitative presentation, 126-127, 240

relevance of visual element, 239

RVMF, 451-453

scenario, mapping visually, 86, 87

selection, indicating visually, 286-288

simplicity, 8, 228, 234

sovereign software, 105-106, 232, 233

squint test, 230

standards, 243-246

state, indicating using, 226

structure, visual, 230-231

symbol, 234-235

symmetry, 232, 233

text, integrating in, 227, 239, 241-242

3D effect, 228

time, indicating change over, 240

transient software, 108, 109, 137-138

universality, 238

variable, displaying, 239, 240

Web design, in, 138, 487

white space, 150, 232-233

The Visual Display of Quantitative Information (Tufte), 238, 466

visual information processing by brain, 227, 241

in vitro design, 123

vocabulary, 43, 255-256

volume control, 109, 455