UX Glossary

Above the fold Accelerator keys Accessibility Active voice Adjective Rating Scale Alternative Text Anchor links Applet Assistive technologies Audio browsers Auto-tabbing Banner Breadcrumbs Captions Card sorting Cascading menu Case Study Check box Clickability cues Client-side Closed Card Sort Cognitive load Cognitive walkthrough Connection speed Content page Continuous text Cronbach's alpha Data entry field Dendrogram Density, page Destination page Download time Drop-down list Embedded link Entry field Experience architecture Expert evaluation or Expert review Fold Frame Gloss Heading Heat maps Heuristic evaluation Image map Index link

Indirect User Data Information Architecture (IA) Internationalization Inverted pyramid writing Iterative testing JAWS Joint Advisory Design (JAD) Sessions Keyword Late adopters Likert Scale Localization Long Descriptions Luminance Contrast Ratio Masthead Minesweeping Mouseover Navigation page Net Promoter Score (NPS) Open Card Sort Open list Optimal path Page title Paging Panels Passive voice Path Performance objectives Performance test Physical consistency Plug-in Point-and-click Pop-under/Pop-up Preference objectives Prioritization Matrix Programmatic Focus Prose text Pushbutton Qualitative Research Quantitative Research Radio button Rapid Prototyping Rating Scales Readability Representative sampling Responsive Design

Reveals Scanability Scanning Scenarios Screen reader Screenful Scroll bar Scroll stopper Scrolling Section 508 Semantics Server-side (image map) Simultaneous menus Site map Six Sigma Standard deviation Style sheet Syntax System Usability Scale (SUS) Tab Tagline Target page Task analysis Thumbnail image Time out URL Usability Usability testing Use Experience (UE, UX) User research User-Centered Design (UCD) Visual Focus WCAG White Space Widget Wireframe Within-page links WYSIWYG X-Height XML (Extensible Markup Language) XSL (Extensible Stylesheet Language) Yerkes-Dodson Law Zeigarnik Effect Zoom box