1. For confirmation dialog boxes to work, they must only appear when a user will almost definitely click the No or Cancel button, and they should never appear when a user is likely to click the Yes or OK button.
对于确认对话框来说,它们通常只能在用户明确单击了“否”或“取消”按钮后才会出现。 当用户可能单击“是”或“确定”按钮时,永远不应该出现。

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2. As the user begins to use the product, a dialog box can appear that states the basic goals and tools of the product, naming the main features.
当用户开始使用这些工具时,对话框显示程序的基本目标和工具,告诉用户基本的功能。

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3. Hints about the locations of these items appear in the “track” that the thumb of the scrollbar moves in, at the appropriate location.
当拖动滚动条到适当的位置时,就可以看见这些项目的位置提示信息。

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4. The large, full-screen nature of kiosks would appear to bias them towards sovereign posture, but there are several reasons why the situation is not quite that simple.
信息亭天生具有大屏幕的特点,这让它看起来很像是独占姿态,但情况并不是这么简单。

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5. Interactive products that ask fewer questions appear smarter to users, and more polite and considerate.
较少提问的交互产品会让用户感到更加聪明,有礼貌和考虑周到。

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6. Depthcueing is a means by which objects deeper in the field of view appear dimmer.
借助景深效果,视野中较深的对象显得暗淡。

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7. As the view of the object enlarges, attributes (often textual) appear superimposed over its graphical representation.
随着对象视图的增大,属性(经常是文本)出现在其图形表达上。

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8. Although focus groups may appear to provide the requisite user contact, the method is in many ways not appropriate as a design tool.
虽然焦点小组看起来能够提供必需的用户接触,但这种方法在很多方面不适合作为设计工具。

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9. If we had Star Trek transporters instead, we’d dial up our destination coordinates and appear there instantaneously—no garages, no motors, no traffic lights.
如果有《星际迷航》电影中那样的传输器就好了,我们呼叫相应的目的地的坐标,人便会立即出现在那里。

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10. A Move dialog would then appear with the current document highlighted.
这时“移动”对话框便弹出,并且突出显示当前的文档。

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