ThesaHelp: references t-z
Topic: direct engagement and theater in a user interface
Topic: version control
Topic: change
Topic: mouse as the user interface
Topic: error messages
Topic: dialog boxes in a user interface
Topic: mental models, consistency, and interface metaphors
Topic: identifying the user interface with the system
Group: testing and evaluating user interfaces
Topic: software management
Topic: user interface design
Topic: problems with usability testing
Group: artificial intelligence
Group: types of user interfaces
Topic: menus for a UserInterface
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Reference
Tognazzini, B.,
Tog on Interface, Reading, Massachusetts, Addison-Wesley, 1992.
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Quotations
xiii ;;Quote: with a visible interface, users are aware of where they are, where they are going, and what objects are available
| 7 ;;Quote: every change to software will be re-experienced, all at once, by users running a new version
| 26 ;;Quote: even though test subjects report that keyboarding is faster than mousing, the stopwatch consistently shows the opposite; reaching for the mouse becomes an automatic activity
| 31 ;;Quote: do not use emotional words in a user interface; e.g., "kill," "abort," and "default"
| 42 ;;Quote: design a user interface with standard, defined objects; the appearance and behavior of such objects should always be the same
| 59 ;;Quote: user-interface specialists found twice as many problems as programmers with guidelines and 12x more problems than user-interface testers
| 61 ;;Quote: use graphic designers for the visual elements in a user interface; they can communicate more information in less space
| 81 ;;Quote: video tape is not effective in usability testing; it is expensive, and it pits testers against engineers
| 159 ;;Quote: Vellum has a Drafting Assistant to suggest relationships and commands such as 'on', 'intersection', 'tangent'; a use of "animated language"
| 204 ;;Quote: pull-down menus on a menu bar provides a large target with an infinite height; allows fast access
| 206 ;;Quote: use borders for fast access to the first and last item of a pop-up menu; leave the sides open for canceling the operation
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