1. Software should not simply remember these kinds of explicit facts, but should also remember useful information that can be deduced from these facts.
软件不应该只是简单地记住这些显式的事实,还应该记住从这些事实可以推论到的有用信息。

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2. In general, however, you should provide more explicit visual hinting of an area’s pliancy.
总之,你需要为受范区域提供更清楚的视觉暗示。

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3. There is no explicit function for making a copy of, or archiving, a document. Users must accomplish this with the Save As dialog, and doing so is as clear as mud.
目前没有清晰的文档复制或归档功能,用户必须通过“另存为”对话框才能实现该目的,这么做非常易引起混乱。

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4. There should be an explicit function called Create a Copy. The copy will be identical to the original, but not tied to the original in any way.
应该有一个明确的叫做“创建副本”的功能,副本应该和原始文档一模一样,但不应该与原始复制捆绑在一起。

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5. The idea behind the ribbon is to combine the visually expressive and pliant characteristics of toolbar buttons and butcons with the verbose and more explicit and comprehensive depiction of functionality of a menu system.
带条背后的概念的是要结合两种方式的好处,既有工具栏按钮和图标按钮的视觉化表达及其受范特性,又有菜单系统的详细清楚而又全面的功能描述。

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6. In cases where it is desirable to allow a user to make a series of selections before committing to the action, there should be an explicit imperative control (i.e., button). In cases where users would benefit from seeing the immediate impact of their actions, and those actions are easy to undo, it is completely reasonable for the selection control to double as an imperative control.
如果使用者在发起操作前要做出一系列的选择,这时应该提供明显的命令控件(也就是按钮);如果使用者想要立即看到选择的结果,并且这个操作也很容易被撤销,则完全有理由让选择控件也变成命令控件。

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7. Likewise, nothing should be abbreviated on a transient application, and feedback should be direct and explicit to avoid confusion.
同样,在暂时式应用程序上不应该使用缩写——任何词汇都应该完整地拼写出来,避免用户困惑。

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8. In these cases, menus with their explicit wording are a much better command vector.
在这种情况下,采用具有清晰文字说明的菜单,才是更好的手段。

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9. In the absence of explicit instructions from the user, your sovereign application should default to maximized or full-screen presentation.
除非用户有特殊的要求,否则独占应用应该默认为最大化或者是全屏显示。

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10. He must underline and make heavily explicit.
他一定要刻意雕琢,力求明白。

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