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CHAPTER 8

Newton Services

Notify Button and Picker 8-3

Figure 8-2 The Notify button signals an ongoing action or deferred alert

If your application displays a status slip with a Close box while it performs

a lengthy action, and a user taps the Close box, your application should

processing the action in the background. In addition, your application may

page 8-4) and at other times.

The Notify service lists registered actions and notiﬁcations in a Notify picker,

which pops up if a user taps the Notify button. Choosing a listed action

redisplays the corresponding status slip. Choosing a listed notiﬁcation alert

displays it. Figure 8-3 shows a Notify picker.

Figure 8-3 The Notify picker lists ongoing actions and deferred alerts

he Notify button

he Notify picker

Status slip

Notiﬁcation alert

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