1. When designing for embedded systems, it’s important to limit the number of modes, and mode switches should ideally result naturally from situational changes in context.
设计嵌入系统,要限制模式的数量,这很重要,并且模式的切换最好是可以在情境转换时自然地进行。

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2. Rather, market segments can act as an initial filter to limit the scope of interviews to people within target markets (see Figure 5-3).
更确切地说,市场角色划分可以作为最初的过滤器来限制目标市场内需要访谈的人的范围,如图5-3所示。

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3. Market segments can be used in the Research phase to limit the range of personas to target markets. However, there is seldom a one-to-one mapping between market segments and personas.
市场划分能够在研究阶段限制目标市场人物角色的范围,然而很少存在市场划分和人物角色之间一对一的映射。

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4. Teams should try to limit interviews to six per day, so that there is adequate time for debriefing and strategizing between interviews, and so that the interviewers do not get fatigued.
团队应该将访谈限制在每天6次,这样设计师有充足的时间在访谈之间做总结和调整策略,并且不会太累。

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5. We limit ourselves in terms of capabilities possible in an information medium, without reaping any of the benefits of the original mechanical medium.
这样我们既局限于信息媒介的能力,又没有从原始的机械方式中获得任何好处。

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6. People would much rather be presented with a control that embodies 7 as its bottom limit and 35 as its upper limit (clearly indicating these limits is also useful).
人们更希望这个控件是有边界的,其上限为35,而下限为7(清晰地告知用户这些界限也是非常有好处的)。

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7. Inconsiderate products supervise and pass judgment on human actions. Software is within its rights to express its opinion that we are making a mistake, but it is presumptuous for it to judge or limit our actions.
不体贴的软件监督并随意判断人的行动,当然软件可以认为我们犯了错。 但是它随意判断或者限制我们的行为,就显得太不体贴了。

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8. These steps are bounded—the value won’t go above the upper limit set by the program or below the lower limit.
每一步都是有界的,数值不会超过程序设置的最上限,也不会低于程序设定的最下限。

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9. Some programs set this limit too close, resulting in frustratingly temperamental scroll behavior.
一些程序将这种限制设置得太窄,导致滚屏的行为变幻无常,令人沮丧。

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10. Maybe a transaction can only be completed if the termination date is extended two weeks beyond the official limit. Most companies would rather fudge on the termination date than see a million-dollar deal go up in smoke.
如果终止日期比计划期限延长两星期,某个事务才能完成,多数公司宁愿延长计划期限,也不愿看到一个上百万美元的交易化为泡影。

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