The Essential Guide to User Interface Design

Wilbert O. Galitz

760 pages, parution le 03/07/2002 (2^eme édition)

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Résumé

Designing a Graphic User Interface (GUI) is difficult and time consuming, especially for novice programmers. Even experienced programmers often don't know the difference between a superior GUI and a mediocre one, and the result can be screens that are too complex and difficult to use.

This book is a comprehensive, step-by-step guide to building user-friendly system interfaces so that developers may learn the basics of good interface design, using practical examples from systems that have been proven to work well.

Contents

Pt. 1 The User Interface - An Introduction and Overview 1
The Importance of the User Interface 3
Characteristics of Graphical and Web User Interfaces 15
Pt. 2 The User Interface Design Process 53
Know Your User or Client 61
Understand the Business Function 87
Understand the Principles of Good Screen Design 109
Develop System Menus and Navigation Schemes 249
Select the Proper Kinds of Windows 337
Select the Proper Device-Based Controls 385
Choose the Proper Screen-Based Controls 403
Write Clear Text and Messages 517
Provide Effective Feedback and Guidance and Assistance 541
Provide Effective Internationalization and Accessibility 569
Create Meaningful Graphics, Icons and Images 589
Choose the Proper Colors 621
Organize and Layout Windows and Pages 655
Test, Test, and Retest 701
References 731
Index

L'auteur - Wilbert O. Galitz

Wilbert O. Galitz is an international recognized consultant, author, and instructor on information systems and user interface design. He is president of Galitz, Inc, a firm that focuses on the human factors and ergonomics of systems.

Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Wiley
Auteur(s)	Wilbert O. Galitz
Parution	03/07/2002
Édition	2^eme édition
Nb. de pages	760
Format	19 x 23,4
Couverture	Broché
Poids	1325g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780471084648
ISBN13	978-0-471-08464-8