User Interface Standards
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===<span style="color:#191979">Ten Usability Heuristics</span>=== | ===<span style="color:#191979">Ten Usability Heuristics</span>=== | ||
Revision as of 21:26, 21 November 2009
User Interface Standards is created by Group 6 for 2009/2010 Software Engineering 4D03 Assignment 5. Group Members: Roshan Jesuratnam, Ashan Khan, Arturo Mata, Jaganvir Sandhu
This document specifically looks at Graphical User Interface (GUI) standards, over other types of interfaces which exist.
Contents |
Overview
TALK ABOUT TRIAL AND ERROR, SIMPLICITY,ETC
NO INDUSTRY STANDARDS BUT THERE ARE HEURISTICS AS A GENERAL GUIDLINE
EACH COMPANY HAS ITS OWN STANDARD WHICH IT FOLLOWS, THIS WIKI WILL EXPLAIN THE GENERAL, COMMON THINGS AMONG THEM.SDFSDG
The structure principle. The simplicity principle. The visibility principle. The feedback principle. The tolerance principle. The reuse principle.
APPLES AQUA INTERFACE DESIGN STANDARD
WINDOWS NEW WINDOWS 7 STANDARD
DIFFERENT TYPES OF USERS
CONSSISTENCY
(Use http://www.isii.com/ui_design.html)
Standards
ADD MORE SHIT ON THIS, NEEDS MORE COWBELL
TAKE FROM APPLE AND MICROSOFT AND MORE CRAP
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aqua_(user_interface)
http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/AppleHIGuidelines/XHIGIntro/XHIGIntro.html
http://download.microsoft.com/download/e/1/9/e191fd8c-bce8-4dba-a9d5-2d4e3f3ec1d3/ux%20guide.pdf ********************
http://www.usabilitynet.org/tools/r_international.htm
http://www.beta-research.com/standards.html <---GOOD RESOURCE
Windows
Window Management
Dialog Boxes
Properties Windows
Common Dialogs
Asthetics
Sizing
Formatting
Titles and Icons
Fonts and Colour
Interaction
Shortcuts
Mouseovers
User Input
Keyboard
Pointers
Accessibility
Messages
Errors and Warnings
Confirmation and Notifications
Text
UI Text
Style and Tone
Commands
Menus
Toolbars
Ribbons
Controls
Principles
These principles are in nature heuristics of interface design. They are guidelines that "should" be used in the design of interfaces, since there is no one industry standard. These general rules provide a basis to build on for an user interface designer.
Ten Usability Heuristics
Jakob Nielsen, a user adovacate and principal of the Nielsen Norman Group for enhancing user experience, outlines the following heuristics;
- Visibility of system status
- Relate system and real world
- User Control and freedom
- Consistency and standards
- Error Prevention
- Recognition rather than recall
- Flexibility and effciency of use
- Aesthetic and minimalistic design
- Help users recognize, diagnose, and recover from errors
- Help and documentation
Eight Golden Rules of Interface Design
From the book Designing the User Interface, Ben Shneiderman outlines eight key rules of good interface design;
- Strive for consistency
- Enable frequent users to use shortcuts
- Offer informative feedback
- Design dialog to yield closure
- Offer simple error handling
- Permit easy reversal of actions
- Support internal locus of control
- Reduce short-term memory load
Design
(Use http://www.ambysoft.com/essays/userInterfaceDesign.html)
PUT INTERACTIPON STYLES IN HERE
Techniques
http://www.ambysoft.com/essays/userInterfaceDesign.html
Human Factors
(Use http://www.beta-research.com/standards.html)
