Designing Web Interfaces

Foreword; Preface; What Happened; Why We Wrote This Book; What This Book Is About; Who Should Read This Book; What Comes with This Book; Conventions Used in This Book; Using Examples; We'd Like to Hear from You; Safari Books Online; Acknowledgments; Make It Direct; Chapter 1: In-Page Editing; 1.1 Single-Field Inline Edit; 1.2 Multi-Field Inline Edit; 1.3 Overlay Edit; 1.4 Table Edit; 1.5 Group Edit; 1.6 Module Configuration; 1.7 Guidelines for Choosing Specific Editing Patterns; Chapter 2: Drag and Drop; 2.1 Interesting Moments; 2.2 Purpose of Drag and Drop; 2.3 Drag and Drop Module; 2.4 Drag and Drop List; 2.5 Drag and Drop Object; 2.6 Drag and Drop Action; 2.7 Drag and Drop Collection; 2.8 The Challenges of Drag and Drop; Chapter 3: Direct Selection; 3.1 Toggle Selection; 3.2 Collected Selection; 3.3 Object Selection; 3.4 Hybrid Selection; Keep It Lightweight; Chapter 4: Contextual Tools; 4.1 Interaction in Context; 4.2 Fitts's Law; 4.3 Contextual Tools; 4.4 Always-Visible Tools; 4.5 Hover-Reveal Tools; 4.6 Toggle-Reveal Tools; 4.7 Multi-Level Tools; 4.8 Secondary Menu; Stay on the Page; Chapter 5: Overlays; 5.1 Dialog Overlay; 5.2 Detail Overlay; 5.3 Input Overlay; Chapter 6: Inlays; 6.1 Dialog Inlay; 6.2 List Inlay; 6.3 Detail Inlay; 6.4 Tabs; 6.5 Inlay Versus Overlay?; Chapter 7: Virtual Pages; 7.1 Virtual Scrolling; 7.2 Inline Paging; 7.3 Scrolled Paging: Carousel; 7.4 Virtual Panning; 7.5 Zoomable User Interface; 7.6 Paging Versus Scrolling; Chapter 8: Process Flow; 8.1 Google Blogger; 8.2 The Magic Principle; 8.3 Interactive Single-Page Process; 8.4 Inline Assistant Process; 8.5 Dialog Overlay Process; 8.6 Configurator Process; 8.7 Static Single-Page Process; Provide an Invitation; Chapter 9: Static Invitations; 9.1 Call to Action Invitation; 9.2 Tour Invitation; Chapter 10: Dynamic Invitations; 10.1 Hover Invitation; 10.2 Affordance Invitation; 10.3 Drag and Drop Invitation; 10.4 Inference Invitation; 10.5 More Content Invitation; 10.6 The Advantage of Invitations; Use Transitions; Chapter 11: Transitional Patterns; 11.1 Brighten and Dim; 11.2 Expand/Collapse; 11.3 Self-Healing Fade; 11.4 Animation; 11.5 Spotlight; Chapter 12: Purpose of Transitions; 12.1 Engagement; 12.2 Communication; React Immediately; Chapter 13: Lookup Patterns; 13.1 Auto Complete; 13.2 Live Suggest; 13.3 Live Search; 13.4 Refining Search; Chapter 14: Feedback Patterns; 14.1 Live Preview; 14.2 Progressive Disclosure; 14.3 Progress Indicator; 14.4 Periodic Refresh; Principles and Patterns for Rich Interaction; The Principles; Staying Up to Date; Colophon;