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Allow the user to tailor the environment (tenet), 109-11

defined, 9

Linux environment and, 110-11

uwm and, 109-10

Apache Jakarta Project, 199-201

central concept, 199

as microcosm, 201

software quality, 200

tenets, 199

Artificial intelligence (AI), 205-6

central concept, 205

heuristics, 206

tenets, 205

theory focus, 205

Atari 2600 case study, 58-60

Atari 800 and, 58-59

Atari 5200 and, 59

defined, 58

Microsoft Office and, 59-60

See also Portability

Atari Home Computer, 140-43

design, 140

optimum program creation, 141

See also Operating systems

Audible content, 160-62

categorization, 161

music, 160

raw audio, 160

spoken word, 161

Audience, this book, xxi-xxii

Automation, 78-80

Avoid captive user interfaces (tenet 8), 93-101

CUI big is beautiful approach, 97

CUI command parsers, 96-97

CUI scaling, 99

CUI user is human assumption, 95-96

defined, 8

programs with CUIs, combining, 98-99

software leveraging and, 99-100

Windows and, 172-73

Awk command, 82