A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W-Y | Z

Index

Symbols

... ellipses for menu items, 1

A

acknowledged, alarm status value, 1

Action menus, 1

action windows, 1, 2, 3, 4

command buttons, 1

ellipsis in, 1

title text, 1

active alarms, 1

Add-and-Remove idiom, 1, 2

button graphics, 1

chosen list, 1

commands in, 1

layout, 1

mnemonics, 1

original list, 1

additional instructions in wizards, 1

additional menus, 1

alarm conditions, 1

alarm graphics, 1

badge, as a, 1

levels of severity, 1

position, 1

size, 1

symbol, as a, 1

alarm status, 1

alarm views, 1, 2

context-sensitive help, 1

alarms

as events, 1

levels of severity, 1

severity of, 1

status values, 1

alarms and events, 1, 2

alert boxes, 1

See also dialog boxes1

in wizards, 1

alerting users in wizards, 1, 2

alerting users to object state changes, 1

aligning elements for wizards, 1

alternatives to wizards, 1

appearance of tables, 1

applications

characteristics of well-designed, 1

efficiency, 1

logical organization in, 1

predictability, 1

responsiveness, 1

scalability, 1

application-wide modes, 1

automatic row sorting, 1

available menu items, 1

B

Back button in wizards, 1

basic event, defined, 1

behavior, 1, 2

designing for wizards, 1, 2

modes, 1, 2

behavior of property windows, 1, 2

behavioral characteristics of property windows, 1

benchmarks for response delays, 1

bottom pane in wizards, 1, 2

horizontal separator, 1

navigation buttons, 1

branching in steps, 1

Browse idiom, 1

mnemonic, 1

button graphics in Add-and-Remove idioms, 1

C

Cancel button in wizards, 1

capitalization in menus, 1

cell alignment in tables, 1

cell selection model, See cell-selection tables1

cell-selection tables, 1, 2

commands for, 1

editing, 1

centering in column headers, 1

characteristics of property windows, 1

characteristics of responsiveness, 1

checking user input for errors, 1

choosing

property window types, 1

window types, 1

chosen list, in Add-and-Remove idiom, 1

Close button

in inspecting property windows, 1

in property windows, 1

in wizards, 1

Close item, File menu, 1

closed, alarm status value, 1

collapsed container, 1

column headers, centering, 1

column reordering idiom, 1

column resizing idiom, 1

column sort indicator, 1

column width in tables, 1

command buttons, 1

for non-inspecting property windows, 1

in action windows, 1

in inspecting property windows, 1

in non-inspecting property windows, 1, 2

command placement in tables, 1, 2

commands for row-selection tables, 1

commands, stopping, 1

common menus, 1

complex filtering and searching, 1

complex procedures using wizards, 1

computational performance, 1

confirmation pages, 1

Container-and-Contents idiom, 1

containers

collapsed, 1

expanded, 1

hierarchy of, 1

in a tree table, 1

context-sensitive help in alarm views, 1

contextual menus, 1, 2

and drop-down menus, 1

guidelines, 1

menu items, 1

pointer positions, 1

control-click to select multiple objects, 1

conventions for menu items, 1, 2

creating complex objects using wizards, 1

critical, alarm severity, 1

current primary window, 1

current window reuse, 1

D

deciding to create a wizard, 1

dedicated property windows, 1, 2

defaults in wizard user-input areas, 1

delivering wizards, 1

dependencies when using wizards, 1

designing

installation wizards, 1

wizard behavior, 1, 2

wizard pages, 1

detailed alarm views, 1, 2

dialog boxes, 1

dimensions for a wizard, 1

dimming menu items, 1

display objects in separate windows, 1

displaying steps in wizards, 1

down, alarm severity, 1

dragging to select multiple objects, 1

drop-down arrows, appearance in tables, 1

drop-down menus, 1

duplicate window operation, 1

dynamic time management, 1

E

Edit menu, 1

Paste Special item, 1

Properties item, 1

editing

cell-selection tables, 1

row-selection tables, 1, 2

editing area, for tables, 1

editing models for tables, 1

efficiency in an application, 1

elements in menus, 1, 2

ellipsis for menu items, 1

ellipsis in action windows, 1

embedded wizards, 1

positioning, 1

starting, 1

title text, 1

entering large amounts of data, 1

errors, checking user input for, 1

event log, 1

events

defined, 1

logging, 1

maximum response delays, 1

events and alarms, 1, 2

Exit item, File menu, 1

expanded container, 1

external editing model

commands for row-selection tables, 1

for row-selection tables, 1, 2

external resources, menu items for, 1

F

feedback

determining whether to provide, 1

operational, 1

providing correct visual, 1

types for operations of 1 second or longer, 1

File menu, 1, 2

Close item, 1

Exit item, 1

File Properties item, 1

Most Recently Used (MRU) list item, 1

New item, 1, 2

Open item, 1

Preferences item, 1

Print item, 1

window management, 1, 2

File Properties item, File menu, 1

file-chooser dialog box, 1

filtering, 1, 2

complex, 1

list-based, 1

stopping, 1

Finish button in wizards, 1

fixed, alarm status value, 1

G

golden mean in primary windows, 1

graphics for menu items, 1

graphics in alarms, 1

graphics in wizards, 1

dimensions, 1

related to steps, 1

resizing, 1

grid lines, in tables, 1

groups of menu items, 1

H

Help button in wizards, 1

Help menu, 1

help text in wizards, 1

left pane with steps, 1

hierarchical sort in tree tables, 1

hierarchy of containers, 1

highlighting

current steps, 1

steps in wizards, 1

horizontal separator

bottom pane in wizards, 1

in wizard pages, 1

I

icon pane, monitored-entities view, 1

identically named objects and views, 1

identifying a wizard page, 1

idioms, 1, 2

Add-and-Remove, 1

Browse, 1

Container-and-Contents, 1

defined, 1

for tables, 1, 2

for text fields and lists, 1, 2

Key Search, 1

viewing hierarchies, 1

inactive alarms, 1

indeterminate-progress bar, 1

See also progress bar1

inspecting property windows, 1, 2, 3

Close button, 1

installation wizards, 1

designing, 1

tasks, 1

installing software using wizards, 1

instructions in wizards, 1

internal editing model, for row-selection tables, 1

commands, 1

K

Key Search idiom, 1

keyboard focus in the right wizard pane, 1

keyboard shortcuts, 1, 2

keyboard traversal order of wizard pages, 1

L

Last button in wizards, 1

layout of Add-and-Remove idioms, 1

layout of property windows, 1, 2

leaf node, in a tree table, 1

left pane in wizards, 1, 2

contents, 1

graphics, 1

help text, 1

list of steps, 1

steps and help text, 1

steps that branch, 1

tabs, 1

levels of severity

alarm graphics, 1

in alarms, 1

list of steps in wizards, 1

displaying, 1

list-based filtering and searching, 1

lists, idioms for, 1, 2

location for installation wizards, 1

logging events, 1

logical organization in an application, 1

looping in steps, 1

M

main column, in chosen list of Add-and-Remove idiom, 1

main instructions in wizards, 1

major, alarm severity, 1

maximum response delays for events, 1

MDI applications, 1

measured-progress bar, 1

See also progress bar1

measuring response delays, 1

menu items

available, 1

conventions, 1, 2

dimming, 1

ellipsis, 1

for context menus, 1

graphics, 1

grouping, 1

interacting with external resources, 1

separators, 1

table commands as, 1

unavailable, 1

menu titles, 1

menus, 1, 2

capitalization, 1

common drop-down, 1

elements, 1, 2

keyboard shortcuts, 1, 2

mnemonics, 1, 2

minor, alarm severity, 1

mnemonics, 1, 2

navigation buttons in wizards, 1

modal dialog box, See modal secondary window1

modal secondary window

overriding behavior, 1

modeless secondary window, 1, 2

modes, 1, 2

application-wide, 1

tool palettes, set from, 1

monitored entity, 1

monitored-entities view

supplementing information, 1

monitored-entities views, 1, 2

icon pane, 1

tree, 1

Most Recently Used (MRU) list, File menu, 1

MRU, See Most Recently Used1

Multiple Document Interface applications, 1

multiple objects, selecting, 1

multiple-use action windows, command buttons, 1

N

navigation buttons in wizards, 1, 2, 3

dimmed, 1

mnemonics, 1

order of, 1

navigation instructions in wizards, 1

New menu item

File menu, 1, 2

variations, 1

with submenu, 1

new primary window, 1

New Window menu item, 1, 2

Next button

in wizard pages, 1

in wizards, 1

non-dedicated property windows, 1, 2

non-inspecting property windows, 1, 2

command buttons, 1, 2

OK or Apply button, 1

Reset button, 1

numbering steps in wizards, 1

O

Object menus, 1

object state changes, alerting users, 1

objects

alerting users to changes, 1

display in separate windows, 1

filtering, 1, 2

in user interfaces, 1

placing in separate windows, 1

properties, 1

searching, 1, 2

selecting multiple, 1

setting the state of, 1

two or more open at the same time, 1

window titles for multiple views, 1

with identical names, 1

working with large sets, 1

OK and Cancel buttons in property windows, 1

OK or Apply button in non-inspecting property windows, 1

open a new window, default, 1

Open in Current Window menu item, 1

Open menu item

File menu, 1

variations, 1

open, alarm status value, 1

opening objects in new windows, 1

operational feedback, 1

optional common menus, 1

order of navigation buttons, 1

original list, in Add-and-Remove idiom, 1

overriding modal secondary window behavior, 1

overview pages, 1

P

pages

in wizards, 1, 2

order in a wizard, 1

See also Wizard pages1

Paste Special item, 1

perceived performance, 1

performance in responsive applications, 1

plain windows, 1

pointer feedback, 1

pointer positions for contextual menus, 1

positioning secondary windows, 1

positioning wizards, 1

predictability in an application, 1

Preferences item, File menu, 1

prerequisites for using wizards, 1

primary windows, 1, 2

changing presentation of data, 1

closing the current, 1

creating a new, 1

current, 1

golden mean, 1

new, 1

opening an exiting object in, 1

opening and creating objects in, 1

reusing the current, 1

single, 1

status bars in, 1

title bars in, 1

toolbars in, 1

Print item, File menu, 1

Print Options dialog box, 1

progress animation feedback, 1

progress bar, 1

in wizards, 1

progress checklist, 1

in wizards, 1

progress pages, 1

providing feedback, 1

Stop button, 1, 2

Properties item, Edit menu, 1

properties, of objects, 1

property values, updating interdependent, 1

property windows, 1, 2, 3, 4

behavior of, 1, 2

behavioral characteristics, 1

characteristics of, 1

choosing the right type, 1

Close button, 1

layout of, 1, 2

reopening, 1

restoring the state of, 1

Q

quotation marks in button names, 1

R

reasonable defaults in user-input areas, 1

reopening secondary windows, 1

reordering column idiom, 1

repeated-use property window

required and optional buttons, 1

requirements pages, 1

Reset button in non-inspecting property windows, 1

resizing

columns, 1

graphics in wizards, 1

wizards, 1

responding to user requests, 1

response delays, 1

benchmarks, 1

measuring, 1

short, 1

tools for measuring, 1

responsiveness, 1

as part of performance, 1

characteristics of, 1

computational performance, 1

defined, 1

in an application, 1

response delays, 1

scalability, 1

scrolling, 1

restoring the state of property windows, 1

reusing the current window, 1, 2

right pane in wizards, 1, 2

additional instructions, 1

instructions, 1

navigation instructions, 1

subtitles, 1

user-input areas, 1

row sorting, 1

automatic, 1

in a tree table, 1

row-selection tables

commands, 1

editing, 1, 2

external editing model, 1, 2

internal editing model, 1

ruling lines in table rows, 1

S

scalability

in an application, 1

in performance, 1

scrolling and high responsiveness, 1

searching

complex, 1

for objects, 1, 2

Key Search idiom, 1

list-based, 1

stopping, 1

secondary windows, 1

positioning, 1

reopening, 1

selecting

in tables, 1

multiple objects, 1

selection models for tables, 1

separators for menu items, 1

setting the state of

objects, 1

windows, 1

severity levels in alarms, 1

shift-click to select multiple objects, 1

short response delays, 1

shortcuts, See keyboard shortcuts1

single primary window, 1

single-use action windows, command buttons, 1

single-use property window

required and optional buttons, 1

sizing wizards, 1

sort indicators, 1

sorting rows, 1

in a tree table, 1

spacing conventions for wizards, 1

stable sort, 1

standalone wizards, 1

starting, 1

title text, 1

starting wizards, 1

status animation

See progress animation1

status bars in primary windows, 1

status values for alarms, 1

steps

and help text in wizards, 1

branching in wizards, 1

highlighting the current, 1

in wizards, 1

numbering in wizards, 1

Stop button in progress pages, 1, 2

stopping

commands, 1

operations in wizards, 1

searches and filter operations operations, 1

stopwatch, measuring response delays, 1

striping, in tables, 1

submenu indicator, 1

subtitles in wizards, 1

underlining, 1

suffix :n for an object name, 1

summary pages, 1

supplementary columns, in chosen list of Add-and-Remove idiom, 1

supplementing monitored-entities views, 1

supporting a user's task, 1

T

tables

appearance, 1

automatic row sorting, 1

cell alignment, 1

cell selection model for, 1, 2

command placement, 1, 2

commands as menu items, 1

drop-down arrows appearance, 1

editing area, 1

editing models for, 1

external editing model, 1, 2

grid lines, 1

idioms for, 1, 2

internal editing model, 1

row sorting, 1

selecting in, 1

selection models for, 1

striping, 1

width of columns, 1

tabs in wizard left pane, 1

task, supporting a user's, 1

tasks for installation wizards, 1

terminating an operation, 1, 2

text fields, idioms for, 1, 2

text messages in wizards, 1

title bars

in primary windows, 1

in wizards, 1

title text

in action windows, 1

in wizards, 1

titles of menus, 1

titling windows, 1

tool palettes, modes set from, 1

tool tips, 1

for toolbar controls, 1

in monitored-entities views, 1

toolbars in primary windows, 1

tools for measuring response delays, 1

top-level objects, 1

tree tables, 1

container, 1

hierarchical sort, 1

leaf node, 1

selecting in, 1

sorting rows, 1

tree, monitored-entities view, 1

U

unavailable menu items, 1

underlining in subtitles, 1

Undo CommandName item, 1

unresponsive applications, 1

updating interdependent property values, 1

usability in wizards, 1

user input checks, 1

user interfaces, objects, 1

user requests, responding to, 1

user tasks, supporting in a wizard, 1

user-input areas in wizards, 1

defaults, 1

reasonable defaults, 1

user-input pages in wizards, 1

right pane, 1

utility windows, 1

V

validity check, in wizards, 1

View menu, 1

view number, 1

viewing

one object at a time, 1

two or more objects at the same time, 1

views with identical names, 1

W

wait pointer, 1

window management and the File menu, 1, 2

window reuse as the default, File menu for, 1

window titles

for identically named objects, 1

for identically named objects and views, 1

for multiple views of the same object, 1

window types, 1

choosing, 1

intended use, 1

windows, 1, 2

action, 1, 2

common menus, 1

display objects in separate, 1

duplicate window operation, 1

menus elements, 1, 2

placing objects in, 1

plain, 1

primary, 1

property, 1, 2

reusing the current, 1

secondary, 1

setting the state of, 1

top-level objects, 1

utility, 1

See also primary windows1

wizard pages, 1, 2

additional instructions, 1

aligning elements, 1

bottom pane, 1, 2

dependency checking, 1

designing, 1, 2

graphics, 1

help text, 1

horizontal separator, 1

instructions, 1

keyboard traversal order, 1

left pane, 1, 2

list of steps, 1

navigation buttons, 1

navigation instructions, 1

Next button, 1

order of navigation buttons, 1

right pane, 1, 2

spacing conventions, 1

steps and help text, 1

steps that branch, 1

subtitles, 1

user-input areas, 1

wizards, 1, 2

alerting users, 1

alternatives to, 1

confirmation pages, 1

deciding to create, 1

delivering and starting, 1

dependencies, 1

designing behavior, 1, 2

dimensions, 1

embedded, 1

fundamentals, 1

highlighting current steps, 1

installation, 1

navigation buttons, 1, 2

numbering steps, 1

overview pages, 1

page design, 1

page order, 1

positioning and sizing, 1

progress pages, 1

requirements pages, 1

resizing, 1

resizing horizontally, 1

standalone, 1

summary pages, 1

supporting a user's task, 1

task support, 1

terminating an operation, 1, 2

title bar, 1

title text, 1

typical uses, 1

user-input pages, 1

validity check, 1

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