Apple 2 manual What People Do With Newton, Accessibility

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Newton and Its Users

using a step-by-step approach by thinking of how a person might get from one place to the next in a logical fashion.

Involve users throughout the design process and observe them working in their environment. Use people who fit your audience description to test your prototypes and development products. Listen to their feedback and try to address their needs in your product. Develop your product with people and their capabilities, not computers and their capabilities, in mind. For more information, see “Involve Users in the Design Process” on page 1-13.

What People Do With Newton

The features and capabilities that make Newton what it is also strongly influence what people want to do with Newton devices. These expectations indirectly affect the user interface of Newton software. An application must make it easy for people to accomplish the following tasks on demand:

■Capture information fragments—write, sketch, pick from lists, specify dates and times, and select options

■Organize information—file, sort, schedule, prioritize, copy, delete, and format

■Retrieve information—find, recall, browse, skim, read, and view

■Send and in some cases receive information by various means—print, fax, mail, and direct transfer

Accessibility

Your software needs to appeal to and be useful to people with a wide range of abilities and backgrounds. There are likely to be members of your target audience who are different from the so-called average user that you envision. Users will undoubtedly vary in their ages, styles, and abilities. They may also have physical or cognitive limitations, linguistic differences, or other differences you need to consider. Identify how the individuals in your target audience differ and what special needs they may have.

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