Visual Usability

Index

Note: Page numbers followed by “b” and “f” refer to boxes and figures respectively.

A

A/B testing, 56

Accordions, 288–289

Aesthetics

colors, 7

consistency, 23–25

personality, 59–77

Affordances. See also Controls

consistency, 16–17, 298

defined, 267

hierarchy, 299–300

implication, 267

integrating motion, 293–298

flipping parts of screen, 295–296

progress indicators, 296–298

rollovers, 294

Alignment

grids and, in practice, 113–116

layout, 110–112

letterform, 141–142

Analytics, 58

Animation, 227–229

details, 228–229

primary characteristics, 227

use, 227–228

B

Backgrounds, 242–250

details, 243

primary characteristics, 242

use, 242–243

Balancing contrast, 192

Baseline, 141

Behavioral design, 53

Bias and disagreements, 80–81

Body typefaces, ...