G
Gantt
Chart
- A gantt chart is a representation of a schedule
of activities or milestones over time. It is useful
in web project management.
- GIF
- GIF is an abbreviation for Graphics Interchange
Format. It suited for flat color images and drawings.
GIF images display up to 256 colors. The format
was created by CompuServ and is often used for animated
images.
- Glyph
- An image for a character in a particular font
and style.
- Graceful Degradation
- Graceful degradation is a web design strategy.
When you put in features designed to take advantage
of the latest features of newer browsers, you should
do it in a way that older browsers and other user
agents can disable those particular features and
still access the basic content and functionality
of the web site. It is the opposite of progressive
enhancement.
- Granularity
- Granularity is the extent to which a larger piece
of information has been broken down into smaller
units.
- Greek
Text
- Greek text is dummy text that is inserted into
a web page to illustrate the position of the actual
text on a page layout.
- GUI
- Abbreviation for "Graphical User Interface". It
is pronounced "GOOEY".
- Guideline Checklists
- Guidelines and checklists help ensure that usability
principles will be considered in a design. Usually,
checklists are used in conjunction with a usability
inspection method: the checklist gives the inspectors
a basis by which to compare the product. Usability.gov
has a good set of Research Based Web Design
and Usability Guidleines. Also see: Guidelines.
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