Macintosh computer, place in design history, 322
MacPaint, 288, 322-323
Macromedia Fireworks, 233
Magic Cap interface, 252-253
mahlstick, 266
Making Use (Carroll), 76
manifest model, 156, 161, 163, 165
manipulation
control, 303-308, 425-426
direct, 263-266, 303-304, 425-426
handle, using, 310
indirect, 267
object, 308-316
program, 264-265
marketing
demography, 53
goal, 5-6, 8, 14
persona, using in, 57, 60, 62
research, 14, 15, 53
segmentation model, 53, 62, 63
team, 505
mathematical thinking, 26-27, 124-126
MDI (multiple document interface), 334-335
mechanical design, 8, 9, 21-22, 27-31
The Media Equation (Nass and Reeves), 132
memory
cost, 178
main versus disk, 167, 171-172, 178
solid-state, 178
undo functionality, dedicating buffer to, 164-165
mental model
described, 21
drag–and–drop operation, of, 298
file management interface, 169, 171-172, 177
flow, 120
Goal-Directed Design as reflection of, 25
implementation model versus, 21-22, 23, 26, 171-172
mistake, of, 157
visual design in function of, 234
Web application, 482, 486
menu. See also specific menu
bang menu, 376
beginner user reliance on, 36, 367-369
cascading, 367, 374-375
checkmarking active item, 377
consistency, 149
dialog box, accessing from, 369, 394
disabling inapplicable item, 376-377
drop-down, 366-367, 368-369, 387
expanding, 375-376
flip-flop item, 377
hierarchy, 364-365, 366, 374-375
icon utilization on, 377-378
Insert menu, 373
keyboard equivalent, displaying on, 369, 378-380
naming, 371
navigating menu system, 145-146
navigation system point of reference, as, 149
obscurity, 7
placement, 371
pop-up, 366-367
reliability, 149
sequential, 364-365
shortcut, displaying on, 378-379
standard set, 371-373
system menu, 380
teaching tool, as, 367-369, 378, 382
toolbar, adding drop-down menu to, 387, 388
toolbar versus, 381-382
meta-key
described, 280
drag-and-drop operation using, 265, 304, 307, 311-312
selection operation using, 283-284, 309
window navigation using, 331-332
metaphor
affordance, 228, 256-258, 339
availability of good metaphors, 252
beginner user, for, 249, 254
global metaphor, 252-254
idiomatic interface versus, 250-251
paradigm involved, 248-249
recognition, 247, 249, 256-258, 382-383
reproducing physical world, 247, 249, 252-254
scalability, 247, 249
spatial metaphor, 247, 252-253
visual metaphor, 137-138, 248, 322
Microsoft software. See specific product
Microsoft/Apple lawsuit, 324
milestoning, 165, 176. See also reversion functionality
minimizing interface, 119, 123-124
mistake, learning from, 245
mnemonic, keyboard, 218, 372, 379-380
mockup, 88-89
modal dialog box, 395
mode, 322-323, 492-493, 496
modeless dialog box, 396-401
modeless feedback, 122, 450-455
modeling, 55. See also specific model
monocline grouping, 156
Morville, Peter (Information Architecture), 477
Most Recently Used list. See MRU list
Motif interface, 331
motion picture projector analogy, 21
motivation, 12, 62-63, 66
mouse
area, clickable, 270
buttons, 271-272
canceling mouse operation, 304-305, 306
capture, 303-305
clicking, 273-274
clicking and dragging, 274, 303-306
clicking, chord, 275, 305
clicking, double, 274-275
clicking, focus, 279-280
clicking, triple, 275
debouncing, 297-298
down event/point, 275-276, 303
dragging, 274, 303-306
dragging, double, 275
event, 275-276
graphics software utilization of, 307-308
keyboard alternative, providing, 271
learning to use, 250-251
Macintosh, 271
metaphoric value of, 250-251, 267
Microsoft, 271
motor control, 267, 269-270
movement ratio, 267, 299-301
pliancy, 305-306
pointing, 273
selection using, 271, 281, 285, 309
Unix, 271
up event/point, 275-276, 303
use, appropriate, 267
vernier function, 299-301
moving object, 309
MRU (Most Recently Used) list, 372
MSN Money Deluxe Portfolio Manager, 482
Mullet, Kevin (Designing Visual Interfaces), 225
multiple document interface. See MDI
multitasking, 192
mux, 342
My Documents folder (Windows), 472
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