1. If users find it hard to define their information in advance as databases require, is there an alternative storage and retrieval system that might work well for them?
如果用户发现很难像数据库要求的那样提前定义信息,是否存在可行的存储和检索系统的替代方案呢?

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2. Arguably the most significant advance of the GUI menu was this retreat from the hierarchical form into monocline grouping.
可以证明,图形用户界面菜单最重要的进步是放弃了层次关系,而改为单层分组。

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3. In many organizations, platform decisions, particularly those regarding hardware, are unfortunately still made well in advance of the interaction designer’s involvement.
在很多组织中,有关平台的决定,尤其是那些关于硬件的决定都发生在交互设计者参与之前,这很不幸。

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4. While an attribute-based retrieval system can find documents for users without users ever having to explicitly organize documents in advance, there is also considerable value in allowing users to tag or manually specify attributes about documents.
使用者无须事先将文件组织起来,就可以利用基于属性的检索系统来查找文件。 这时如果用户可以为文档设置标签或者手工指定属性,这无疑也是非常有价值的。

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5. Contemporary applications are often reluctant to take any forward motion without a person directing them in advance.
如果用户没有在之前引导如今的软件,常常就不会带有一种向前推进的意向。

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6. Software that uses database technology typically makes two simple demands of its users: First, users must define the form of the data in advance; second, users must then conform to that definition.
使用数据库技术的软件对用户有两个简单的要求,首先,用户必须预先定义数据形式;其次,用户必须遵守该定义。

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7. Wouldn’t you consider advance knowledge of what actions your users take to be an awesome secret weapon of interface design?
难道你不认为预测用户会采取什么行动是界面设计卓越的秘密武器吗?

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8. With no reason to exist beforehand, they were not conceived of in advance.
它们刚刚发明,所以人们从未预先想像过。

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9. We can offer users powerful information-management tools without demanding that they configure their information in advance or that they conform to that configuration in the future.
我们可以为用户提供功能强大的信息管理工具,而不需要用户提前配置信息或者在将来遵守配置。

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10. But as we’ve said, defining things in advance doesn’t guarantee that a user will follow that definition later. He may now be looking for messages about the company picnic, for example.
但是正如我们前面提到的,提前定义不能保证用户后来会遵守这个定义,例如,他可能正在寻找有关公司野餐的消息。

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