The Essential Guide to User Interface Design: An Introduction to GUI Design Principles and Techniques, Third Edition
- 16h 26m
- Wilbert O. Galitz
- John Wiley & Sons (US)
- 2007
Bringing together the results of more than 300 new design studies, an understanding of people, knowledge of hardware and software capabilities, and the author’s practical experience gained from 45 years of work with display-based systems, this book addresses interface and screen design from the user’s perspective. You will learn how to create an effective design methodology, design and organize screens and Web pages that encourage efficient comprehension and execution, and create screen icons and graphics that make displays easier and more comfortable to use.
About the Author
Wilbert (Bill) O. Galitz is an internationally respected consultant, author, and instructor with a long and illustrious career in Human Factors and user-interface design. For many years he has consulted, lectured, written about, and conducted seminars and workshops on these topics worldwide. He is now the author of eleven books, and his first book, Human Factors in Office Automation (1980), was critically acclaimed internationally. This book was the first to address the entire range of human factors issues involved in business information systems. As a result, he was awarded the Administrative Management Society’s Olsten Award. Other books have included User-Interface Screen Design and It’s Time to Clean Your Windows. He has long been recognized as a world authority on the topic of screen design.
Bill’s career now spans more than 45 years in information systems, and he has been witness to the amazing transformation of technology over this time span. His career began in 1961 with the System Development Corporation, where he was a Training Consultant for the SAGE North American Air Defense System. SAGE was the world’s first large-scale display-based system. Before forming his own consulting company in 1981, he worked for CNA Insurance and the Insurance Company of North America (now CIGNA), where he designed the user-interfaces and developed screen and interface design standards for a variety of business information systems. His work experience also includes an appointment at South Africa’s National Institute for Personnel Research and a number of years with UNIVAC (now UNISYS). At UNIVAC he performed the human engineering of the company’s first commercial display terminal and completed a pioneering study on the operational aspects of large-scale computer systems.
A native of Chicago, Bill possesses a B.A. in Psychology from Lake Forest College in Illinois and an M.S. in Industrial Psychology from Iowa State University. He currently resides in Surprise, Arizona.
In this Book
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The Essential Guide to User Interface Design—An Introduction to GUI Design Principles and Techniques, Third Edition
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The Importance of the User Interface
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Characteristics of Graphical and Web User Interfaces
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Know Your User or Client
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Understand the Business Function
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Understand the Principles of Good Interface and Screen Design
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Develop System Menus and Navigation Schemes
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Select the Proper Kinds of Windows
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Select the Proper Interaction Devices
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Choose the Proper Screen-Based Controls
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Write Clear Text and Messages
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Provide Effective Feedback and Guidance and Assistance
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Provide Effective Internationalization and Accessibility
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Create Meaningful Graphics,Icons, and Images
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Choose the Proper Colors
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Organize and Layout Windows and Pages
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Test, Test, and Retest
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