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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…