Index_T

T

Tablet PC platform, 269

task

analysis of, 13

coherence, 193-194, 198

excise, 135-142, 143

goal versus, 12-13

scenario, describing in, 76

Taskbar (Windows), 112, 113, 332, 389-391

teamwork

design team, 45, 487

engineering team, 487, 490, 505-506

interview team, 49

marketing team, 505

product team, 480, 504-505

technology constraint, 41

telephone

cellular, 117, 492

convergence device, 491, 492

template, 221

Tesler, Larry (PARC researcher), 322

testing, 53-54

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

3D

animation, 312

modeling, 312-316

2D screen, navigating 3D space on, 147, 148, 313

visual design effect, 228

thumbwheel control

physical, 491, 494

virtual, 361

time

change over, indicating, 240

responsiveness during time-consuming process, 142, 404-405

zone dialog (Windows), 431

The Timeless Way of Building (Alexander), 93

title bar, 106, 309, 409-410, 457, 458

title of software, displaying on desktop, 457-458

tool

cursor, charged to, 307, 308

menu, accessing from, 374

modal, 306-308

navigating between tools, 145-146

palette, accessing from, 306-308

software as, 120-121

toolbar

balloon help, attaching to, 384

combobox utilization, 386

customizing, 389

dialog box versus, 131, 399-400

docking, 387-388, 399-400

floating, 388, 400

frequency of use as gauge for item inclusion on, 145

history of, 367, 381, 386

icon utilization on, 382-383

location, 381

menu, adding drop-down to, 387, 388

menu versus, 381-382

modelessness of, 399-400

navigation system point of reference, as, 150

overlapping, 388

personalizing, 219

placement, 106-107

print job, launching from, 131

role of, 381

state, indicating on, 387

Taskbar, including on, 391

text label utilization on, 382-383

ToolTip, attaching to, 384-386

Tools menu, 374

ToolTip

butcon, attaching to, 340, 384-385

clue box compared, 356-357

delay before displaying, 384-385

intermediate user help source, as, 37

modelessness of, 463

role of, 384

Taskbar ToolTips, 390

toolbar, attaching to, 384-386

undo control, attaching to, 159

top-down design, 19

touchpad device, 268

touchscreen input, 269, 494, 496

trackball, 268

trackpad device, 268

TrackPoint device, 268-269

transient posture software

color, 109

dialog box, eliminating from, 110

dialog box, transient posture of, 111, 406, 407, 410-412

input method, 110

pluralized, 331

screen real estate, 109-110

scrollbar, 110

simplicity, 110

state, remembering, 111

visual design, 108, 109, 137-138

Web application, 116, 482, 486

transparency, 120, 123

tree control, 351

Treo handheld device, 118, 492-493, 494

Tufte, Edward (visual presentation expert), 127, 237-238, 466

typeface, 108

typography, 227, 479, 496