UserPlus » Glossary http://www.userplus.com/blog - Design best practices to create a better web user interface Mon, 04 Oct 2010 07:59:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Zoom http://www.userplus.com/blog/glossary/zoom/ http://www.userplus.com/blog/glossary/zoom/#comments Mon, 26 Jan 2009 13:00:25 +0000 Lonneke http://www.userplus.org/blog/?p=596 Reminder
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]]> Function to zoom into a picture or other item on a website to see/edit in more detail.

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Image zoom

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]]> http://www.userplus.com/blog/glossary/zoom/feed/ 0 Wysiwyg http://www.userplus.com/blog/glossary/wysiwyg/ http://www.userplus.com/blog/glossary/wysiwyg/#comments Fri, 23 Jan 2009 21:20:15 +0000 Lonneke http://www.userplus.org/blog/?p=354 Reminder
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]]> A user interface element that allows the user to view something very similar to the end result while the document is being created.

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]]> A component of a graphical user interface with which a user interacts.

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]]> A user interface element that presents a user with a sequence of dialog boxes that lead the user through a series of well-defined steps.

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]]> http://www.userplus.com/blog/glossary/wizard/feed/ 0 Vote to promote http://www.userplus.com/blog/glossary/vote-to-promote/ http://www.userplus.com/blog/glossary/vote-to-promote/#comments Thu, 22 Jan 2009 13:00:33 +0000 Lonneke http://www.userplus.org/blog/?p=715 Reminder
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]]> An element that allows users to cast a vote on a list of items to change the ranking of the items.

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]]> An overview of menu items oriented vertically.

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Vertical navigation

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]]> http://www.userplus.com/blog/glossary/vertical-menu/feed/ 0 Two panel selector http://www.userplus.com/blog/glossary/two-panel-selector/ http://www.userplus.com/blog/glossary/two-panel-selector/#comments Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:00:47 +0000 Lonneke http://www.userplus.org/blog/?p=578 Reminder
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]]> Two panels, one that shows a list of things and one that shows the contents of what’s selected in the other.

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]]> http://www.userplus.com/blog/glossary/two-panel-selector/feed/ 0 Toolbar http://www.userplus.com/blog/glossary/toolbar/ http://www.userplus.com/blog/glossary/toolbar/#comments Tue, 20 Jan 2009 13:15:30 +0000 Lonneke http://www.userplus.org/blog/?p=349 Reminder
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]]> A panel on which onscreen buttons, icons, menus or other input or output elements are placed.

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]]> http://www.userplus.com/blog/glossary/toolbar/feed/ 0 Toast http://www.userplus.com/blog/glossary/toast/ http://www.userplus.com/blog/glossary/toast/#comments Tue, 20 Jan 2009 13:00:54 +0000 Lonneke http://www.userplus.org/blog/?p=347 Reminder
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]]> A small, informational window displayed by certain kinds of software, to notify users of various kinds of events, such as reception of new e-mail.

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]]> http://www.userplus.com/blog/glossary/toast/feed/ 0 Tooltip http://www.userplus.com/blog/glossary/tooltip/ http://www.userplus.com/blog/glossary/tooltip/#comments Tue, 20 Jan 2009 13:00:15 +0000 Lonneke http://www.userplus.org/blog/?p=483 Reminder
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]]> An element usually combined with a cursor that shows supplementary information regarding the item being hovered over.

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