- 1. The toolbar gave birth to the butcon, a happy marriage between a button and an icon.
- 工具栏的出现带来了图标按钮，它是按钮和图标之间一次愉快的联姻。
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- 2. The button evolved into the butcon by replacing its text with an icon, then migrating onto the toolbar.
- 用图标代替文本，按钮可以演变成图标按钮并迁移到工具栏中。
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- 3. Normally, Undo is invoked by a menu item or toolbar control with an unchanging label or icon.
- 通常，我们通过菜单项或标签/图标不变的工具栏控件来调用撤销。
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- 4. However, even the best icon designer in the world will be hard pressed to devise an icon system that will be usable without text labels by novice users.
- 不过，即使是世界上最优秀的图标设计师也很难设计出一套让新手用户可以立即理解的没有文本标签的图标。
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- 5. For example, if a taskbar icon indicates a problem with a printer, clicking on that icon should provide a mechanism to troubleshoot and rectify the problem.
- 例如，当打印机出现问题时可以在任务栏图标上显示出来，单击该图标就应该提供解决问题或者改正错误的手段。
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- 6. The consistently annoying problem with the butcon derives not from its button part but from its icon part.
- 始终困扰图标按钮的问题不是来自按钮部分，而是来自图标部分。
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- 7. Of course, this means that they exhibit the same problem as imperative butcons: the inscrutability of the icon.
- 当然这也意味着它们存在和命令型图标按钮一样的问题，即图标的费解性。
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- 8. Hovering over the icon provides more information, and right-clicking on it provides access to various functions related to the network connection.
- 鼠标悬停在图表上面则会显示详细信息，右击则出现关于网络连接的多种功能访问。
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- 9. In other words, if the user drags an arrow until it points to some icon or widget on the screen, how can he tell if that icon or widget can legally be connected to?
- 换句话说，如果用户拖动一个箭头，在其还没有指向屏幕上某个图标或小部件之前，如何才能辨别这个图标或小部件是否能合法地连接？
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- 10. A green button to start a device can be echoed by a green “running” icon to indicate that it’s functioning properly.
- 单击绿色按钮来运行某个设备，这时可以给予一个绿色“运行”状态的图标来说明其目前运行良好。
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