Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Chapter 11
They are:
2. Contrast external outputs with internal outputs produced by a system. Remember to consider
Chapter 12
1. What are the design objectives for paper input forms, input screens, and Web-based fill-
in forms?
effectiveness
accuracy
ease of use
consistency
simplicity
attractivenes
completion. The proper forms should flow from left to right and top to bottom.
6. What is a specialty form? What are some disadvantages of using specialty forms?
Specialty forms are the forms used only for a specific situation; for example, providing similar
information in different ways to different departments. The disadvantages of the specialty forms
are the high cost, and users can quickly be strangled with the red tape generated by meaningless
multiple-part forms.
Four guidelines for a good display design are: keep the display simple, keep the display
presentation consistent, facilitate user movement among display screens, and create an attractive
display screen.