1. Sometimes the bold action is based on some condition the program detects, but more often it is based on a command the user issues.
有时冒险动作基于程序发现的一些情况,但更多时基于用户发起的命令。

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2. Bold, cartoonish icons may be great if you’re designing a Web site for kids, whereas precise, conservatively rendered icons may be more appropriate to a productivity application.
如果你设计的网站是给孩子看的,那么可以采用粗旷且卡通式的图标;对于生产方面的应用,则要使用细致并保守一些的图标。

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3. This will leave you with more “headroom” to emphasize critical elements. (Think about it this way: If every word on a page is red and bold, do any of them stand out?)
这样就会给我们留下继续调整的空间,可以强调更为关键的元素(你想想看,如果整页文字都是红色粗体,肯定哪个元素都没有被突出出来)。

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4. We no longer need to call the leftmost menu the File menu. This nomenclature is a bold reminder of how technology currently pokes through the facade of our applications. We’ll discuss some alternatives later in this chapter.
我们不再需要调用菜单最左边的文件菜单项,文件这种命名方法刺眼地说明了当前的技术是如何侵入到程序界面上的,我们将在本章的后面讨论一些可以替代的方法。

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5. Although this is visually bold, it is not necessarily very readable, especially when it comes to full-color interfaces.
尽管这样在视觉上很粗旷,但实际上不一定容易辨识,尤其是在全色彩界面上。

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6. A program may be bold or timid, colorful or drab, but it should be so for a specific, goal-directed reason. Its manner shouldn’t result from the personal preference of its designer or programmer.
无论怎样都应该有一个之所以如此具体且目标导向的原因,其风格不应该任由设计者或者程序员的喜好来决定。

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7. Whatever the style, it should be consistent—if some of your icons use bold black lines and rounded corners while others use thin, angular lines, the visual style won’t hold together.
无论采用什么样的风格,风格都必须一致。 如果有些图标是圆角粗旷黑线条,而有些是方角细线,这样就不是一致的视觉风格。

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8. Yet programmers assume that a big, bold box in the middle of the screen that stops all the action and emits a bold “beep” is the appropriate way to behave.
但程序员却认为用屏幕正中央巨大而醒目的对话框停止一切活动,并且发出明显的“嘟嘟”声是一种适宜的行为。

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9. Typically, she realizes that she is about to direct the program to take some bold action and feels unsure about taking responsibility for it.
通常,她意识到将引导程序采取某种冒险动作,并对要为此承担责任而感到没有自信。

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10. Make your proportions bold, crisp, and exact.
一定要让这种比例很突出、干脆且明确。

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