About Face: The Essentials of User Interface DesignWiley, 1995 M08 25 - 580 pages The goal: Goal directed design; Software design; The three models; Visual interface design. The form: Idioms and Affordances; An irreverent History of rectangles on the screen; Windows-with-a-small-w; Lord of the files; Storage and retrieval systems; Choosing platforms. The behavior: Orchestration and flow; Posture and state; Overhead and idiocy; The secret weapon of interface design. The interaction: Elephants, mice and minnies; Selection; Direct manipulation; Drag-and-drop. The cast: The meaning of menus; Menus; Dialog boxes; Dialog box etiquette; Toolbars; Roll the credits, please. The gizmos: Imperative and selection gizmos; Entry and display gizmos; New gizmos. The guardian: The end of errors; Managing exceptions; Undo. The teacher: Good at what you do; Installation, configuration and personalization; Shouldering the burden; Where do we go from here?. |
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