1. Those vendors stuck in the command-line world fell by the wayside in favor of the more modern paradigm.
那些坚持命令行的软件开发商最后不得不妥协,并支持更现代的界面范例。

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2. In fact, the near abandonment of text commands as found in traditional menus (which users have to go to Options to turn on) in favor of butcons may have grave implications for users learning to use the products.
实际上,对图标按钮的偏爱,而几乎要放弃传统菜单中文本命令,这种做法可能会严重地影响到用户学习使用产品。

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3. Only two arguments can be mounted in favor of application software implemented in the file system model: Our software is already designed and built that way, and users are used to it.
只有两个论据支持以文件系统模型来实现应用软件,一是软件已经以这种方式设计和实现;二是用户已经习惯于这样。

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4. Anybody can clearly see that the six paragraphs are more important than the single word, yet the program freely discarded those paragraphs in favor of the one word. The program’s blindness caused it to keep a quarter and throw away a fifty-dollar bill, simply because the quarter was offered last.
任何人都能看出6个段落比一个单词更重要,然而程序为了一个单词,完全放弃了6个段落。 程序的盲目性让它保留了二角五分的硬币,放弃了50美元,仅仅因为二角五分硬币是最后提供的。

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5. In general, if a touch screen is feasible, it should be strongly considered in favor of mapped hardware buttons.
一般来说,如果可以使用触摸屏,则强烈建议不要使用硬按键。

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6. Sacrificing speed and power in favor of a clumsier but easier-to-learn idiom is out of place here, as is providing only sophisticated power tools.
因此,产品不能牺牲速度和马力从而变得较容易学习,但却不灵活的产品,也不能一味追求精密复杂的超级工具。

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7. These dialogs pop up like weeds in most programs and should, like error dialogs, be eliminated in favor of more useful idioms.
这些对话框在大多数程序中像杂草一样丛生,应该像对待错误消息框一样,运用更有用的习惯用法消除它们。

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8. The authors favor a team of two designers per interview, one to drive the interview and take light notes, and the other to take detailed notes (these roles can switch halfway through the interview).
作者喜欢每次访谈的团队由两个设计师组成,其中一个引导访谈并适当记笔记,而另一个人则详细地记笔记(在访谈期间角色可以切换)。

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9. Do your users a favor and never create another confirmation dialog box.
请为你的用户做点好事,不要再创建另外的确认对话框了。

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10. A user places a call as quickly as possible and then abandons the interface in favor of the conversation. The best interface for a phone is arguably nonvisual.
某人在和别人面对面谈话时,突然需要打电话,于是他以最快速度打了一个电话。 之后迅速离开了手机界面,这样做是为了对与其谈话的人表示起码的礼貌。

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