Refresher/SDLC/Functional Design

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Metaphor: the use of a vehicle (e.g. stage) to visualize a tenor (e.g. the world) Design: relationship between users with problems to solve and designers with solutions to offer Successful metaphor examples are a menu or a mouse Progress bar: reducing the user's perception of waiting Dropdown: big list in small space Data entry QA measures: show examples, validate entry, check DB, minimize typing, progressive lookup, autocomplete Sample prototyping techniques: sequence diagram, UI mockups, and throw-away code How to anticipate user behavior: modeling based on usage and prediction based on models Access to countless features: menu controls, ribbon interfaces, query language Editor for few items of many fields: listbox for items, tab controls for fields Editor for many items of few fields: use grid control or add logic for grouping, paging, filtering or autocomplete Too many colors: untidy, unprofessional and hard to read Web environment: easier to deploy, more collaboration, slower performance Desktop environment: harder to deploy, less collaboration, faster performance

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