GUI Bloopers 2.0, 2nd Edition

Index

A

Agile/XP methods 341–342, 354–355

alignment 

of alignments 226–228

of forms 223–224

ambiguity 38

Ambler, Scott 354

animation 

for display inertia 281

maximum interframe interval 305

using as prompts 207

applications 

complex, development of 359–360

defined 373

Asynchronous Javascript and XML (AJAX) 47

authentication 264–267

passwords 264–265

security questions 265–266

terminology 190

availability of products or services 264

B

back end 373

Bickford, Peter 45, 304, 368

breadcrumbs 128–131

brevity, versus clarity 171–173

Brooks, Fred 343

busy indicators 298, 311–312

buttons 

Cancel 288–291

changing between tabbed panels 288

dialog boxes 288–290

excuses 290–291

wizard side effects  ...