Glossary

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• CSME

  computer-supported meeting environments.

• double click

  to click a button twice quickly in succession, typically on a mouse. T…

• usability problem tracking

  similar to bug tracking, this is keeping a problem list of known usabi…

• tree view

  a control that displays a hierarchy, such as the directory structure…

• squash and stretch

  in animation, elastic distortions of shapes during motion, especia…

• tool

  traditionally, an icon that could be selected that would set a mode fo…

• time compression

  in auditory interfaces, speeding up playback to improve the speed of…

• split line

  a line separating two panes of a split window. A split line can be dragg…