Glossary

Popular Glossary Terms

  • situated action

    the notion that people’s behavior is contextualized, i.e. th…

  • keyboard echo

    the appearance of letters on the screen as someone types. While echoi…

  • user testing

    a family of methods for evaluating a user interface by collecting dat…

  • focus+context

    a principle of information visualization — display the most i…

  • indicator

    something that displays information without being able to directly…

  • Slow Keys

    a keyboard feature that prevents keystrokes from registering until…

  • wizard of oz prototype

    a prototype that only works by having someone behind-the-scenes who…

  • design for evolution

    or plan for obsolescence; organizations and computer systems are al…