1. Contemporary software design often begins with the assumption that the user interface will consist of a series of overlapping windows, without modes, informed by a global metaphor.
当代的很多软件在开始设计时都有这样的设想,即用户界面应该由一系列层叠的窗口组成。

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2. Wizards are written as step-by-step procedures, rather than as informed conversations between user and program.
向导是一步一步的过程,而不是用户和程序之间的对话。

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3. If a clerk enters something erroneous, he needs to be informed of it via both auditory and visual feedback.
如果输入了一些错误数据,他需要通过听觉和视觉两种反馈获得信息。

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4. Of course, software must keep users informed of its actions.
当然,软件需要告诉用户其行为。

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5. People’s expectations about a product and the way it works are highly informed by their mental model.
人们对于产品的期望和对于产品工作方式的想像大部分来自于他们的心理模型。

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6. Considerate products keep us informed
体贴的软件会及时通知我们

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7. Applications should use rich visual feedback so that users are constantly kept informed, the same way the instruments on dashboards keep us informed of the state of our cars.
程序应该用丰富的视觉反馈让用户不断获得信息,就像仪表盘上的仪器告诉我们汽车的状态一样。

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8. As with visual style studies, form language studies should be informed by persona goals, attitudes, aptitudes, experience keywords, environmental factors, and manufacturing and pricing constraints.
和视觉风格研究一样,形式语言研究也要先了解人物角色的目标、态度、能力、体验关键词、环境元素,以及制造和价格因素的制约。

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9. As long as users remain well informed throughout, there shouldn’t be a problem.
只要用户能够获得账目还需要整理的通知,就不应该有什么问题。

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10. Even if a user must be informed about an action taken by the application, why go into another room to do it?
即使有时必须要把应用的行动告诉给使用者,为什么要到另一个房间去做呢?

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