The Windows Interface Guidelines for Software Design

The Windows Interface Guidelines for Software Design
Author: Microsoft Press
Publisher:
Total Pages: 590
Release: 1995
Genre: Computers
ISBN:

This well-organized and clearly written book provides guidelines for designing visually and functionally consistent user interfaces for Windows programs. It is the official book on Microsoft user-interface design and can be read as a program specification for Windows application developers who want to save training time, boost productivity, and promote user confidence in their applications.

The Windows Interface

The Windows Interface
Author: Microsoft Corporation
Publisher:
Total Pages: 244
Release: 1992
Genre: Computers
ISBN:

The official guidelines and standards for designing a Windows 3 user interface. This book discusses the principles of design that are fundamental to creating a well-designed, visually and functionally consistent user interface. An essential reference for all Windows programmers.

Microsoft Windows User Experience

Microsoft Windows User Experience
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1999
Genre: Information technology
ISBN: 9780735605664

It also includes information about supporting international users and users with disabilities."--BOOK JACKET.

The Craft of Windows 95TM Interface Design

The Craft of Windows 95TM Interface Design
Author: Alex Calvo
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1461240603

Good software interface design is as crucial to a product's success as is its functionality. With the availability of visual development tools such as Visual Basic and Visual C++, more and more developers of applications will need to understand and use principles of good interface design. This book will help guide the reader to a better understanding of how to make Windows software simple to navigate and a pleasure to use. The author concentrates on the development of user-interfaces for Windows 95 and NT software and introduces some important design techniques such as prototyping, UI bulking, Rapid Layout Comparison, and the Side-by-Side Design Approach. Readers are assumed to have a working knowledge of development tools such as Visual C++ and to be working with the Microsoft Guidelines for Interface Design.

The Essential Guide to User Interface Design

The Essential Guide to User Interface Design
Author: Wilbert O. Galitz
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 888
Release: 2007-04-10
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0470146222

Bringing together the results of more than 300 new design studies, an understanding of people, knowledge of hardware and software capabilities, and the author’s practical experience gained from 45 years of work with display-based systems, this book addresses interface and screen design from the user’s perspective. You will learn how to create an effective design methodology, design and organize screens and Web pages that encourage efficient comprehension and execution, and create screen icons and graphics that make displays easier and more comfortable to use.

Macintosh Human Interface Guidelines

Macintosh Human Interface Guidelines
Author: Apple Computer, Inc
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
Total Pages: 420
Release: 1992
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9780201622164

This book provides authoritative information on the theory behind the Macintosh 'look and feel' and the practice of using individual interface components. It includes many examples of good design and explains why one implementation is superior to another. Anyone designing or creating a product for Macintosh computers needs to understand the information in this book.

User Interface Design

User Interface Design
Author: Soren Lauesen
Publisher: Pearson Education
Total Pages: 628
Release: 2005
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9780321181435

This book show you how to design the user interface in a systematic and practical way. It bridges the gap between traditional programming perspective and human-computer interaction approaches.--[book cover].

Interface Design

Interface Design
Author: Peter Bickford
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 340
Release: 1997
Genre: Computers
ISBN:

A guide for designing easy-to-use software, this book offers an on-the-job view of what it takes to create great products, offering practical tips and advice instead of forcing the reader to extrapolate from abstract psychological theory. "Human Interface" targets a wide range of design issues, from taming the incomprehensible interfaces of database systems and the Internet, to using sound and animation effectively in multimedia.