Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Human Interface Subtleties in Software

Posted by timothy on Wednesday March 5, 2003 @09:32AM from the ineffables-in-action dept.

Disoriented writes "As a GUI designer and programmer I enjoy sites like this. The info here is fairly old, dating back to Classic Mac OS, but it illustrates the kind of details users look for in a well-polished GUI." Mac-centric, but there are good points made in here for anyone working on GUI applications -- less bitter than the Interface Hall of Shame, too ;)

1 of 53 comments (clear)

Min score:

Reason:

Sort:

GUI target size [Tog] by redelm · 2003-03-05 10:01 · Score: 5, Informative

This is a good article, and if you like it, you might like some of Bruce Tognazzini's work here.He also has a book out "Tog on Interfaces".
One of his major points is the size of GUI targets. The edges and screen corners are easy to hit, but grossly underutilised by GUI designers. This causes more RSI in users than necessary. I've worked some apps with poorly chosen target locations and defaults that were just murder on my wrist.