Apple 2 Viewing Items in the In/Out Box 7

CHAPTER 7

Routing and Communications

The In/Out Box 7-5

Viewing Items in the In/Out Box 7

Users can see more than just header information for some types of items in

the In/Out Box. For example, the In/Out Box can show a page preview of

print and fax items. It can also show item detail in views based on templates

that other applications provide. The built-in applications provide view

templates for their data, and your application can provide additional view

templates for that data or its own data. If you want users to be able to see

your application’s data in detail in the In/Out Box, your application must

deﬁne view templates and register them with the system. If no application

provides a view template for a particular type of data, the In/Out Box

displays a generic blank view.

Table 7-1 Meanings of status words in the In/Out Box headers

Status Meaning

In Box

New Body has not been displayed yet

Read Body has been displayed

Remote Body has not been received yet (just header)

Logged Item logged (header kept; body deleted)

Out Box

Pending Item not ready for sending (routing slip incomplete)

Ready Item ready for sending

Sent Item sent

Logged Item logged (header kept; body deleted)

Error Attempt to send failed

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 Page Page 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 Page 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 Page Page 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 Page 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 Page Page Fonts A Keyboard Button A Punctuation to Avoid A Extras Drawer Icons A Page Page Glossary 9 Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page IN-1 Index A IN-2 B C IN-3 D IN-4 E F IN-5 G IN-6 H I IN-7 K L M IN-8 N O IN-9 P IN-10 R S IN-12 IN-13 T IN-14 U V W