fax software, 25-26, 112, 129
feasibility, 8, 9
feedback
audio, 437, 453-455, 498
automobile, from, 121
busy state, indicating, 128-129, 404
consideration for user, building into, 187
data entry system, from, 209
dialog box, delivering using, 122, 395, 404-406, 410
drag-and-drop operation, from, 265, 292-293, 294-295, 305, 454-455
embedded system, from, 118, 493, 498
graphics software, from, 122, 265
installer, from, 471, 473
kiosk, from, 498
modeless, 122, 450, 451-455
positive, 441, 454-455
RVMF, 451-453
scrollbar, delivering using, 106, 360-361
sovereign software, from, 106
status bar, delivering using, 106, 107, 122
3D modeling software, from, 314
title bar, delivering using, 106
visual feedback in direct manipulation, 263
visual feedback in drag-and-drop operation, 265, 292-293, 294-295
visual feedback, posture of, 106
visual feedback, replacing alert dialog with, 445, 446
visual feedback using rubber-banding, 316
visual hinting, using, 265, 276-279, 292-293, 314, 338
word processing software, from, 122
feel of software. See posture
File Manager, 126-127
File menu, 176-177, 371, 372
File Open dialog, 124
file system
archiving, 171
canceling operation in progress, 405-406
changing basic concept of, 179
confirmation dialog, 447
copying document, 171, 175, 177
disk space display, 126-127, 128, 240
drag-and-drop functionality, 290-291
exiting, 169
Export dialog, 176
find functionality, 201-203
format of document specification, 124, 169-171, 175-176
goal, irrelevancy to, 168
implementation model, 168-172
location of file, remembering, 194, 195
mental model, 169, 171-172, 177
menu, 176-177, 371, 372
milestoning, 165, 176
moving document, 175, 177
MRU, 372
naming document, 175
Open dialog, 124
operating system, integrating with, 123-124, 172
orchestration, 123-124
progress meter, 405
reasonableness checking, 195
renaming document, 175, 177
retrieval, 201-203
reversing change, 166, 168, 176, 177, 187
Save As dialog, 124, 169-171
Save Changes dialog, 167-168
saving document automatically, 174
storage location, 170, 175, 472
tracking file use, 196
transparency, 172
tree view, 170, 351
unified document management, 173-177
visual design, 126-127, 128, 168
findability, 478
Fireworks, 233
flexibility, building into software, 189
flip-flop button control, 341-342
flow, 119-122, 138-139, 230
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience (Csikszentmihalyi), 119
focus group, research involving, 52-53
focus (input state), 279-280
form
content versus in Web design, 479
economy of, 97
function versus, 236-237
posture form factor, 84
Format menu, 373, 410
freeze functionality, 166
frequency of use as design guide, 106-107, 145, 155
fudgeability, 189, 210-211
full-screen software, 324-325. See also sovereign posture software
function
configuration, separating from, 403
configuration dialog, 130-131
control mapping to, 152-154
dialog box, assigning to appropriate, 327-329
dialog which performs single, 402-403, 410, 412
form versus, 236-237
group, functional, 85
hierarchy, functional, 85
interface, defining in terms of, 84-85
need, functional, 83
visual design, integrating with, 228, 236-237
window, assigning to, 326-329
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