http://www.oehive.org/taxonomy/term/439/0 General User Interface design and review guidelines oehive http://www.oehive.org/node/1105 <p>[This was written for another audience, but may be useful here. Note particularly the guidelines at the end.]</p> <p>Friends and colleagues complain to me all the time: Why are so many computer programs hard to use, with misleading or confusing screen prompts, counterintuitive methods to accomplish simple tasks, and lots of options that are rarely used but that clutter the screen and that often slow users down? After all, on what appliance other than a personal computer would you press a ‘start’ button to turn the machine off?</p> <br class="clear" /><div class="og_rss_groups"><ul class="links"><li class="first last og_links"><a href="/node/667" class="og_links">ABL(4GL) General Programming Group</a></li> </ul></div><p><a href="http://www.oehive.org/node/1105">read more</a></p> http://www.oehive.org/node/1105#comments UI design guidelines ABL(4GL) General Programming Group Wed, 06 Feb 2008 19:07:39 +0000 ArthurFink 1105 at http://www.oehive.org http://www.oehive.org/node/1104 <p>This is a book front-page for the UI Design Guidelines category.</p> <p>To kick things off, Arthur submitted the article "Computer software must be easy to use", which is a fascinating study into how a successful consultant can make a huge difference, by asking good questions to help the software users figure out what would really help them be more productive. Thanks for the great article, Arthur! -- John</p> <br class="clear" /><div class="og_rss_groups"><ul class="links"><li class="first last og_links"><a href="/node/667" class="og_links">ABL(4GL) General Programming Group</a></li> </ul></div> http://www.oehive.org/node/1104#comments UI design guidelines ABL(4GL) General Programming Group Wed, 06 Feb 2008 18:03:34 +0000 ArthurFink 1104 at http://www.oehive.org