1. The newly added portion of the dialog box contains added functionality, usually for advanced users or more complex, but related, operations.
对话框新添加的部分包含增加的功能,通常是为高级用户提供的更复杂,但与原先显示的功能相关。

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2. In particular, tools that technically minded people rely on for a significant portion of their professional responsibilities should be inflected towards a high degree of proficiency.
特别地,掌握软件对于技术工作者来说,是反映其专业职责和能力的一个重要方面,他们渴望向着高的熟练程度努力。

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3. A significant portion of the total excise of an interface is in having to explain things to the application that it should already know. For example, in your word processor, you might often reverse-out text, making it white on black.
界面附加工作的很大一部分来自向程序解释它应该已经知道的事情,例如在文字处理器中你可能要经常反白文本,在黑色底版上写白字。

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4. Many users who have mastered the name portion have completely given up on trying to understand the directory tree.
很多已经掌握了文件命名的用户,在理解目录树时不得不放弃。

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5. Therefore, they need to be specifically tailored to the requirements of the software portion of the interface as well as to the goals and ergonomic needs of the user.
所以我们必须量体裁衣,按照使用上人体工程学的需求和目标,以及界面的软件部分的需要来设计这些硬件导航和控制。

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6. Information-processing systems rarely handle this real-world data. They only model the rigid, repeatable data portion of transactions, a sort of skeleton of the actual transaction, which may involve dozens of meetings, travel and entertainment, names of spouses and kids, golf games, and favorite sports figures.
信息处理系统很少处理这种现实世界的数据,它们只能对事务中固定和重复的数据部分,即实际事务的摘要建模。 这些事务可能与大量的会议、旅游和娱乐、配偶和小孩的名字,以及高尔夫比赛和喜欢的体育明星有关。

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7. Unfortunately, the edit window portion of this control is unbounded, leaving users free to enter values that are out of bounds or even unintelligible garbage.
遗憾的是,这个控件的编辑窗口部分是无界的。 允许用户自由输入界限以外的值,甚至是莫名其妙的垃圾。

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8. A significant portion of computer users have some trouble using a mouse, so if we want to be successful, we must design our software in sympathy with them as well as with expert mouse users.
相当多的计算机用户使用鼠标有麻烦,所以如果我们要想成功,则在设计软件中,考虑到老练的鼠标用户的同时,也要照顾到这部分人的情绪。

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9. Designing for the informational portion requires information architecture to create a strong organizational structure, whereas designing for the application portion requires interaction design to define critical behaviors.
对于内部网中数据部分的设计,需要信息构架师创建出一个严密的组织结构。 而其中应用部分的设计,则需要交互设计师定义好关键的行为。

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10. It’s not good enough just to be able to see that the items are different. Keep in mind that a significant portion of the population is color-blind, so color alone is insufficient to distinguish between selections.
仅仅让人能看出项目不同是不够的,必须记住,有相当一部分的人是色盲,所以不能单纯用颜色区分不同选择。

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