Principles and Guidelines in Software User Interface Design

by Deborah J. Mayhew

Book Overview

Here's a comprehensive sourcebook, filled with concrete design guidelines for developing clear software interfaces. In it, readers will find practical guidelines including the high level conceptual model, dialog styles, organization of functionality to support user tasks, and effective error handling. Suitable for novice and experienced software development professionals. Based on extensive research in human computer interaction. Provides guidance...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0137219296
• ISBN13: 9780137219292
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Pearson
• Length: 640 Pages
• Weight: 2.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.1" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Good practical guidelines though repetitive

Good book. List coherently the do's and don'ts of interface design. The kind of stuff you think you know but don't practice. Actually give reasons why you should do it 'her' way but undeniably well-founded. I have used it for teaching HCI for several years now though not as a text book. One fault is that the lists of guidelines are endless. This is always the way with guidelines since they are so easy to give but difficult to follow or to interpret how one should implement the guideline. Still, I commend her section on mental models and screen layout. In particular the latter topic is still relevant despite the progress since publication.