Glossary
Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.
4 results found in interface design.
- Fitts' Law (Fitts Law)
- A predictive model of human movement that describes the time required to rapidly move to a target area as a function of the distance to the target and the target's size. Formulated by psychologist Pau…
- Natural User Interface (NUI)
- A user interface designed to feel intuitive and invisible, allowing users to interact with technology through natural behaviors such as gestures, voice, touch, or body movement rather than learned con…
- Schema (Script, Mental Schema, Cognitive Schema)
- A cognitive framework or mental model that organises knowledge about a typical sequence of events in a familiar situation. In accessibility and AAC design, schemas are used to structure interfaces so …
- Training Wheels Interface (Training Wheels, Progressive Disclosure)
- An interface design pattern that reduces complexity for novice users by hiding or disabling advanced features until they are needed, then gradually revealing them as the user gains competence. Named a…