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Hey all,
Can any of you provide a so-called 'Bible' of User Interface design on Stand-alone and Web applications?
Obviously, I have been searching, but I'd like to ask an Expert.
Thank you.
Can any of you provide a so-called 'Bible' of User Interface design on Stand-alone and Web applications?
Obviously, I have been searching, but I'd like to ask an Expert.
Thank you.
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Well, I'm not looking for a checklist exactly, but more of a best practices possibly with quantitative reasoning.
For instance...
Maybe one of the best practices would be that the close button should be at the top-right because 98% of users expect/want that button in that location.
So I am looking for best practices in terms of what is "needed", best color schemes, drill-down vs a button for EVERYTHING and such.
For instance...
Maybe one of the best practices would be that the close button should be at the top-right because 98% of users expect/want that button in that location.
So I am looking for best practices in terms of what is "needed", best color schemes, drill-down vs a button for EVERYTHING and such.
ASKER
Oh and preferably a site, so that while I present a new UI, I can show that standards and/or best practices online during a meeting
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The third site will be very useful. Your search abilities must be better than mine. :-) Thank you.
You are welcome :)
The 'bible' in terms of thinking usability and UI is probably The Design Of Everyday Things - a book from the 1970s now available free online. Yup, 1970s - the idea is that software and web UI design has the same core issues as designing a toaster or an office block - if it's intuitive, you're winning, and that book is widely considered the bible on the counter-intuitive thinking needed to make things intuitive. It's still a common course text for UI.
Sorry as a book you'd need to think about and mull over is probably the last thing you're looking for - but it's worth investing the time if you want this as a serious part of your skill set.
Most UI experts will say there's no checklist and it's a case of approaching each task with the right eye.