1. More sophisticated consumer data also include psychographics and behavioral variables, includingattitudes, lifestyle, values, ideology, risk aversion, and decision-making patterns.
更复杂的消费者数据包括心理描绘和行为变量，也包括态度、生活方式、价值观、意识形态、风险防范，以及决策确定模式。
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2. Interacting with a lot of software will never be an entirely aesthetically pleasing experience (with many obvious exceptions, including things like games, creative tools like music sequencers, and content-delivery systems like Web browsers).
与很多的软件交互永远不会是一件在美学上享受的体验（当然也有很多例外，比如游戏及创造性的工具，如音乐音序器和网络浏览器这样的内容发布工具）。
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3. All programmers are fluent in these algorithms, including such things as recursion, hierarchical data structures, and multithreading.
所有的程序员都熟悉这些算法，包括递归、层次数据结构和多线程等。
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4. Text edit controls are often used either as data-entry fields in database applications (including Web sites connected to databases), as option entry fields in dialog boxes, or as the entry field in a combo box.
文本编辑控件常用于数据库应用程序中的数据输入字段（现在常用在连接到数据库的网站中），作为对话框的选项输入字段，或者用于组合框的输入字段。
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5. In this chapter we discuss appropriate postures and other design considerations for several platforms, including desktop software, Web sites and applications, kiosks, handhelds, and appliances.
在本章中我们讨论几种平台下的一些正确的姿态和其他设计考虑，包括个人电脑软件、网站和网页应用、信息亭、手机和小电器。
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6. This versatile operation has many common uses including selecting, reshaping, repositioning, drawing, and dragging and dropping. We’ll discuss all of these in this chapter and the rest of the book.
这种通用的操作有许多常用的用法，包括选择、改变形状、改变位置、绘图及拖放，在本章及本书接下来的章节中，我们都会讨论到它们。
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7. In any case, status and progress should be clearly communicated, including estimated time remaining, and a cancel mechanism is absolutely critical.
在任何的情况中，都应该清晰地表达状态和进程，包括估计的剩余时间，以及一个关键的可以取消的机制。
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8. It’s also particularly important to visually differentiate (contrast) objects that exhibit different behaviors, including variants of controls such as buttons, sliders, and check boxes.
还有一点非常重要，即在视觉上区分（产生对比）行为不同的对象尤其重要，包括各种控件的变体，如按钮、滑动块和复选框。
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9. The best narrative quickly introduces the persona in terms of his job or lifestyle, and briefly sketches a day in his life, including peeves, concerns, and interests that have direct bearing on the product.
最好的叙述是快速地从职业或者生活方式（企业与消费者）方面介绍人物角色，并且简略地给出他一天的生活梗概，包括焦躁、关注和兴趣等与产品有直接关系的各个方面。
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10. Many data-entry types are commonplace, including formats such as dates, phone numbers, zip codes, and Social Security numbers.
许多数据输入类型都是很常见的，包括日期、电话号码、邮政编码及社会保险号（译者注：社会保险号是美国公民的一种惟一号）等格式。