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What is the basis for visual user interface design, according to the text?
What is the basis for visual user interface design, according to the text?
- Manual affordances (correct)
- Interface with mechanical age artifacts
- Global metaphor
- Principle called 'Don't-mode-me'
Which company contributed significant innovations to desktop computing, along with Alto, according to the text?
Which company contributed significant innovations to desktop computing, along with Alto, according to the text?
- Alto
- Xerox PARC (correct)
- Apple
- Microsoft
What principle became popular at PARC and eliminated modes from software?
What principle became popular at PARC and eliminated modes from software?
- 'Don't-mode-me' (correct)
- Visual metaphor
- Modes Mode
- Metaphor constrict
Which term is used to describe how things are manipulated with our hands in visual user interface design?
Which term is used to describe how things are manipulated with our hands in visual user interface design?
What did Xerox PARC provide a license for, as mentioned in the text?
What did Xerox PARC provide a license for, as mentioned in the text?
Why are edit mode and print mode convenient only for the program and not the user?
Why are edit mode and print mode convenient only for the program and not the user?
What is the most important aspect of multiplatform development according to the text?
What is the most important aspect of multiplatform development according to the text?
Which of the following is NOT one of the three types of models mentioned in the text?
Which of the following is NOT one of the three types of models mentioned in the text?
What is the purpose of a mental model?
What is the purpose of a mental model?
What is the key characteristic of a visual user interface according to the text?
What is the key characteristic of a visual user interface according to the text?
What is the purpose of a 'canonical vocabulary' in user interface design?
What is the purpose of a 'canonical vocabulary' in user interface design?
Which of the following is NOT one of the questions to be answered in the software design phase according to the text?
Which of the following is NOT one of the questions to be answered in the software design phase according to the text?
What is the purpose of the canonical vocabulary structure in user interface design?
What is the purpose of the canonical vocabulary structure in user interface design?
What is the role of domain knowledge in the canonical vocabulary structure?
What is the role of domain knowledge in the canonical vocabulary structure?
Which interface paradigm requires users to understand how the software works?
Which interface paradigm requires users to understand how the software works?
What is the purpose of the metaphor paradigm in user interface design?
What is the purpose of the metaphor paradigm in user interface design?
Which of the following is NOT a segment of the canonical vocabulary structure?
Which of the following is NOT a segment of the canonical vocabulary structure?
What is the purpose of the idiomatic paradigm in user interface design?
What is the purpose of the idiomatic paradigm in user interface design?
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