1. The affordance of the scrollbar clearly shows that it can be manipulated, but the only things about it that tell us what it does are the arrows, which hint at its directionality.
滚动条的启示清楚地表明它能操作,但能告诉用户其作用的唯一东西是箭头,信息都藏在箭头的方向中。

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2. The overwhelming majority of software programs today are implementation centric in that they show us, without any hint of shame, precisely how they are built.
今天,绝大多数的软件程序是以实现为中心的,因为它们毫不迟疑地向用户展示了系统精确的构建方式。

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3. The secret to designing a successful Undo system is to make sure that it supports typically used tools and avoids any hint that Undo signals (whether visually, audibly, or textually) a failure by a user.
成功地设计撤销系统的秘诀在于它支持常用的工具,并且能够避免任何暗示用户失败的信号(不管是视觉、声音或者文本信号)。

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4. For a title bar, you could use cursor hinting or a gripable texture as a pliancy hint.
例如,标题栏可以用亮度方面的轻微改变作为受范暗示,或者可以用光标暗示。

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5. While we applaud his sentiment, we wish he weren’t so obtrusive and could take a hint when it’s clear we don’t want his help.
虽然我们很赞赏这种感知,但我们不需要其帮助时,希望它别那么鲁莽,并给一个暗示。

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6. The only hints that the window can be dragged are its color and slight dimensionality of the title bar, a subtle visual hint that is purely idiomatic.
窗口可以拖动的惟一暗示就是标题栏的颜色,这种精妙的视觉暗示纯粹是习惯性的,无法用直觉理解。

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7. For example, it is difficult to make dense tabular data visually hint at pliancy without disturbing its clear representation, so cursor hinting is the most effective method.
比如,要给一个密集的表格提供受范视觉暗示,很难不影响到其清晰的显示,所以这时光标暗示是最有效的手段。

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8. Visual feedback for drag-and-drop As we’ve discussed, an interface should visually hint at its pliancy, either statically, in the way it is drawn, or actively, by animating as the cursor passes over it.
我们先前讨论过,界面必须为其受范性提供视觉暗示,或者是静态的——通过外形的绘制来表现出来,或者是主动的——在光标通过时有动画显示。

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9. Notice that it is polite, illuminating, and helpful. It doesn’t even hint that the user’s behavior is anything but impeccable.
注意它是有礼貌、有启发和有帮助的,它甚至没有暗示用户的行为有任何缺陷。

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10. If there is more data than fits on a screen, make sure to boldly indicate that more data is available, ideally with a hint as to how to access it.
如果数据显示超出屏幕需要滚屏,则必须醒目地标识还有更多的数据,最好再加上如何访问这些信息的提示。

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