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CHAPTER 5
Icons
Extras Drawer Icons
5-7
spacing comfortable between neighboring icons? How can the icon animate
to make it inviting to use? Figure 5-5 illustrates some guidelines to consider
when designing icons for the Extras Drawer.
Figure 5-5
The good, the bad, and the ugly in Extras Drawer icons
Contents
Main
Page
Contents
Newton and Its Users
Chapter 1
About This Book
Container Views
Page
Chapter 3
Controls
Chapter 4
Pickers
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Icons
Data Input
Page
Chapter 7
Routing and Communications
Chapter 8
Newton Services
Appendix
Avoiding Common Mistakes
Index
Glossary
xiii
Chapter 2
Container Views
Chapter 1
Newton and Its Users
xiv
xv
Controls
xvi
Chapter 4
Pickers
xvii
Chapter 5 Icons
Chapter 6 Data Input 6-1
xviii
Chapter 7 Routing and Communications 7-1
xix
Chapter 8 Newton Services 8-1
xx
About This Book
Who Should Read This Book
Whats in This Book
Related Books
Visual Cues Used in This Book
Developer Products and Support
Page
Newton and Its Users 1
Understand Newton 1
Know Your Audience 1
What People Do With Newton 1
Accessibility 1
Observe Basic Human Interface Principles 1
Metaphors 1
Page
Direct Manipulation 1
Feedback 1
See and Point 1
Consistency 1
User Control 1
Forgiveness 1
Stability 1
Aesthetic Integrity 1
Design for the Newton System 1
Observe the Built-In Applications 1
Use the Common Pool of Data 1
Keep Applications Simple 1
Use Screen Space Wisely 1
Check the Screen Size 1
Page
Involve Users in the Design Process 1
Dene Your Audience 1
Analyze Tasks 1
Build Prototypes 1
Observe Users 1
Ten Steps for Conducting a User Observation 1
Page
Page
Page
Page
Page
Container Views 2
2-2
How Views Look 2
View Controls 2
View Title 2
Page
View Border 2
Matte Border 2
Striped Border 2
Wavy Border 2
Plain Border 2
Drop Shadows 2
View Fill 2
Main Views 2
Title or Folder Tab 2
Primary Controls and Status Bar 2
Separator Bars 2
Page
The Main Views Border 2
Auxiliary Views 2
Slips 2
Page
Notication Alerts 2
Conrmation Alerts 2
Page
Status Slips 2
Title and Message 2
Progress Indicator 2
Close, Stop, or Cancel 2
User Decision 2
Palettes 2
Page
Drawers 2
Roll Views 2
How Views Work 2
Opening Container Views 2
View Display Order 2
The Backdrop 2
What Is Active 2
View Position 2
Position of a Main View 2
Position of Auxiliary Views 2
Closing a View 2
Closing a Main View 2
Closing a Slip 2
Closing a Drawer 2
Moving a View 2
Changing a Views Size 2
Page
Scrolling 2
Scrolling With Scroll Arrows 2
Universal Scroll Arrows 2
Local Scroll Arrows 2
Page
Four-way Scrolling 2
Page
Automatic Scrolling 2
Scrolling Performance 2
Overview 2
Overview Contents 2
Page
Overview Button 2
Switching to and from an Overview 2
Scroll and Overview in an Overview 2
Closing an Overview 2
Nonfunctional Scroll and Overview Controls 2
Page
Controls 3
Buttons 3
Text Buttons 3
Text Button Sizes 3
Naming Text Buttons 3
Naming Take-Action Buttons 3
Naming Cancel- and Stop-Action Buttons 3
Page
Picture Buttons 3
Designing Picture Buttons 3
Button Behavior 3
Button Feedback 3
Button States 3
Button Placement 3
Controls
3-12
Figure 3-11 Where to put buttons in a view
Figure 3-12 Group buttons by function
Button Spacing 3
Page
Large Buttons 3
Close Boxes 3
Where to Use a Regular Close Box 3
Where to Use a Large Close Box 3
Radio Buttons 3
Page
Checkboxes 3
Page
Sliders 3
Hot Spots 3
Standard Newton Buttons 3
Analog Clock Button 3
Info Button 3
Recognizer Button 3
Keyboard Button 3
New Button 3
Show Button 3
Filing Button 3
Action Button 3
Item Info Button 3
Rotate Button 3
Page
Page
Pickers 4
List Pickers 4
Elements of List Pickers 4
Check Marks 4
Icons 4
Item Names 4
Table of Items 4
Unavailable Items 4
Organization of List Pickers 4
Sources of List Pickers 4
Position of List Pickers 4
Using a List Picker 4
Picking an Item 4
Page
User Editing of Pickers 4
Scrolling 4
Index Tabs 4
Hierarchical List Pickers 4
Pickers
List Pickers 4-15
Figure 4-11 How a two-level hierarchy of list pickers works
Number Picker 4
Date and Time Pickers 4
Pickers
4-18
Figure 4-14 Date pickers specify one date or a date range
Overview Pickers 4
Contents of Overview Pickers 4
Position of Overview Pickers 4
Using an Overview Picker 4
Picking Items 4
Scrolling Items 4
Creating New Items 4
Standard Newton Pickers 4
Info Picker 4
New Picker 4
Show Picker 4
Action Picker 4
People Picker 4
Page
Icons 5
Designing Effective Icons 5
Thinking Up an Icon Image 5
Make Shapely Icons 5
Design for the Newton Display 5
Avoid Text in Icons 5
Make All Sizes of an Icon Look Alike 5
Use Icons Consistently 5
Think About Multicultural Compatibility 5
Extras Drawer Icons 5
Extras Drawer Icons Together 5
Page
Extras Drawer Icon Size 5
Extras Drawer Icon Shape 5
Extras Drawer Icon Names 5
Animating an Extras Drawer Icon 5
Page
Title Icons 5
Button Icons 5
Icons in a Picker 5
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Data Input 6
Input Fields 6
Page
Tapping 6
Pickers 6
Scrolling Lists and Tables 6
Page
Radio Buttons 6
Checkboxes 6
Sliders 6
Writing, Drawing, and Editing 6
Text Input 6
Simple Input Line 6
Labeled Input Line 6
Text Input Lines that Expand 6
Paragraph Input 6
Structured List Input 6
Shape Input 6
General Input 6
Recognition 6
User Control of Recognition 6
Page
Deferred Recognition 6
Forcing Recognition 6
Conguring Recognition 6
Page
Editing 6
Selecting Text and Shapes 6
Page
Erasing Text or Shapes 6
Page
Page
Data Input
Writing, Drawing, and Editing 6-27
Figure 6-22 Inserting space in text
Inserting New Text 6
Figure 6-23 A caret marks the text insertion point
Page
Replacing Text 6
Correcting Misrecognized Text 6
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Page
Moving Objects 6
Typing 6
Displaying Keyboards 6
Keyboard Position 6
Keys 6
Character Keys 6
Return 6
Tab 6
Del 6
Shift 6
Caps 6
Type-Ahead and Auto-Repeat 6
Error Handling 6
Error Correction 6
Error Detection 6
Routing and Communications7
The In/Out Box 7
The In Box 7
The Out Box 7
In/Out Box Items 7
Viewing Items in the In/Out Box 7
Viewing Routing Information 7
Routing Outgoing Items 7
Action Button and Picker 7
An Action Buttons Location 7
Action Picker Contents 7
Building an Action Picker 7
Routing Slips 7
Sender Picker 7
Page
Recipient Pickers 7
Choosing a Printer 7
Choosing Fax or E-mail Recipients 7
Page
Transport Picker 7
Send Button and Close Box 7
Page
Other Routing Slip Elements 7
Format Picker 7
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Preview Button 7
Sending Out Box Items 7
Routing Incoming Items 7
Receiving In Box Items 7
Receiving Remote In Box Items 7
Disposing of Received Items 7
Putting Away Received Items 7
Putting Away Items Automatically 7
Filing Items That Are Put Away 7
Extending the Tag Picker 7
Routing Status 7
Page
Stopping a Send or Receive in Progress 7
Transport Preferences 7
Routing and Communications
Transport Preferences 7-33
Figure 7-23 Some common preference items for transports
Routing Alternatives 7
Routing by Intelligent Assistant 7
Programmed Sending 7
Newton Services 8
Automatic Busy Cursor 8
Notify Button and Picker 8
Page
Alarms 8
Unacknowledged Alarms 8
Alarm Etiquette 8
Sound 8
Find 8
Text Searches 8
Date Searches 8
The Scope of a Search 8
Customizing the Standard Find Slip 8
Page
Initiating or Canceling a Search 8
Search Status 8
Search Results 8
Page
Filing 8
Filing Button and Slip 8
A Filing Buttons Location 8
A Filing Slips Contents 8
Page
Editing Folders 8
Folder Tab 8
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Page
Intelligent Assistant 8
Invoking the Assistant 8
Interpreting the Request Phrase 8
Assist Slip 8
Newton Services
Intelligent Assistant 8-25
Figure 8-23 An Assist slip appears when the Assistant needs more information
Page
Task Slips 8
Help 8
Page
Preferences 8
System-wide Preferences 8
Application Preferences 8
Page
Avoiding Common Mistakes A
Info Button A
New and Show Buttons A
Screen Size A
Tapping v. Writing A
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Fonts A
Keyboard Button A
Punctuation to Avoid A
Extras Drawer Icons A
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Glossary 9
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E
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IN-5
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IN-6
H
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K
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