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- Density and complexity
- of information
- of user interface controls
- Font sizing
- Font leading and tracking
- Borders and colours
- Spacing
- Text and layout direction (vertical vs. horizontal, left vs. right)
- Linearization and flattening of columns, etc.
- The appearance of textual cues: sarcasm, emphasis, humour, etc
- Form field indications: required vs. optional, etc.
- Speed of transitions
- Self-voicing
- Link affordances:
- external links
- navigational cues
- purpose of a link(eg. definitions, relationships, tags, etc.)
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- Time-space condensations - separation of elements that were presented simultaneously into a linear sequence, or vice versa.
- Auto-portalisation - opening of "windows" in-place to other parts of application state without losing view context on demand
- Focus cues
- Concept maps
- Describes the structure or overall shape of a user interface visually, showing regions and how they relate to each other
- Importance levels (eg. politeness in live regions, etc.)
- Sorting (ascending vs. descending)
- Breadcrumbs
- Tool tips and expanded descriptions
Control Transformations
- Self-voicing, autoAuto-completion, word prediction, especially in context- or application-specific ways
- Toolbars and menus
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