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. For more information consult
fault-tolerance/graceful degradation.
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".
Guidelines and 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 inspectors a basis
by which to compare the product. Usability.gov has a good set
of
Research
Based Web Design and Usability Guidelines.
Also consult
Guidelines.
