Glossary

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0-9

• 2 second rule
• 3 click rule
• 80/20 rule

A

• above the fold
• access key
• accessibility
• accessibility audit
• accessibility evaluation
• adaptive interfaces
• adaptive menu
• aesthetic integrity
• affinity diagram
• analytics
• artefact analysis
• artificial intelligence
• assistant
• assistive technology
• auditory feedback

B

• benchmark
• benchmark completion time (BCT)
• brand
• brain-computer interface
• brainstorming
• breadcrumbs
• browsing
• business rules

C

• card sorting
• cognitive friction
• cognitive task analysis
• competitive benchmarking
• cost justifying
• customer experience

D

• deep linking
• demographics
• dialog box
• diary study
• drilldown
• dwell time

E

• e-commerce
• e-metrics
• e-tailer
• ethnographic study
• expert evaluation
• extranet
• eye-tracking

F

• FAQ - frequently asked questions
• fidelity
• focus group

G

• gap analysis
• GID - graphical input device
• GOMS - goals, operators, methods, and selection rules
• GUI - graphical user interface

H

• HCI - human computer interaction
• heuristic evaluation
• heuristic research
• high fidelity prototype
• HTML

I

• information architecture
• internet usability consultants
• intranet
• intranet usability consultants
• ISO 9241
• iTV - interactive television
• iDTV
• IVR

J

• Java
• Javascript

K

• keyboard mnemonic

L

• laboratory test
• language disorder
• latency
• learnability
• learned helplessness
• learning curve
• legacy system
• legibility
• lexicon
• light pen
• likert scale
• link
• link rot
• load testing
• look and feel
• low fidelity prototype
• low vision

M

• m-commerce
• market research
• medium fidelity prototype
• mental map
• metrics
• MMS - multimedia messaging service
• mobility Impairment
• motor Impairment
• mouthstick

N

• natural language interface
• nav bar

O

• object orientated programming
• observation room

P

• PDA - personal digital assistant
• persona
• picture messaging
• pixt
• pop under
• pop up
• prototype

Q

• qualifier key

R

• readability
• return on investment

S

• scenario

T

• task analysis
• taxonomy
• terminology

U

• usability
• usability audit
• usability company
• usability consultancy
• usability evaluation
• usability lab
• usability metrics testing
• usability test
• user centric
• user-centred design / User-centred design
• user centered design / User-centered design
• user experience
• user profile
• user profiling
• user test
• user testing

V

• visual impairment

W

• WAP - Wireless application protocol
• web metrics
• web navigation
• web site evaluation
• web site testing
• web site usability consultants
• web site usability test
• web site usability testing
• web usability
• wizard
• WYSIWYG

X

• XML

Y

• "you are here" indicator

Z

• zooming user Interface