Related Chapters

• Chapter 15—Keep It Simple.

Offers tips on reducing the complexity of property sheets and dialog boxes.

• Chapter 17—Direct Manipulation Is Cool.

Offers several techniques for implementing direct manipulation.

• Chapter 18—Appropriate Defaults Are Cool.

Describes the importance of having defaults, and presents suggestions on how to implement them. Defaults implement implicit configurability based on user actions and persistence.

• Chapter 20—Previews Are Cool.

Presents several techniques for previewing settings.