About Face 2.0(c) The Essentials of Interaction Design

narrative, using in design process. See scenario-based design

Nass, Clifford (The Media Equation), 132

navigation

audio interface, 199

breadcrumb display, 151, 365

color as aid to, 242

control number, keeping to minimum, 144, 148

control to function mapping, 152-154

eliminating unnecessary, 143, 148-149, 154-155

embedded system, 490, 493, 496, 497

graphics software, 146, 147

handheld device, 493, 496

hierarchy, avoiding, 156

inflection, minimizing using, 154-155

information, of, 146-147

kiosk, 497

link, using, 147

manifest model of, 156

menu system, 145-146

overview area, 150-152

pages, between, 144, 148

panes, between, 144-145, 148

panning, 147

point of reference, providing, 149, 150

scrolling as, 146, 148

text versus visual element as navigation tool, 241

3D space on 2D screen, 147, 148, 313

tools, between, 145-146

Web navigation, 147, 149

windows, between, 144, 148, 149, 331-332

need, 82-83, 185-186

nesting systems, 95, 156

.NET platform, 478

New Economy, 506

Newton device, 269

Nielsen, Jakob (usability expert), 54

noise, visual, 227-228

Norman, Donald

affordance, on, 256-257

command vector, on, 216

direct manipulation, on, 264

error dialog, on, 435

function mapping, on, 153

modeling, on, 21, 22