Coordinating User Interfaces for Consistency
eBook - PDF

Coordinating User Interfaces for Consistency

  1. 152 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Coordinating User Interfaces for Consistency

About this book

In the years since Jakob Nielsen's classic collection on interface consistency first appeared, much has changed, and much has stayed the same. On the one hand, there's been exponential growth in the opportunities for following or disregarding the principles of interface consistency-more computers, more applications, more users, and of course the vast expanse of the Web. On the other, there are the principles themselves, as persistent and as valuable as ever. In these contributed chapters, you'll find details on many methods for seeking and enforcing consistency, along with bottom-line analyses of its benefits and some warnings about its possible dangers. Most of what you'll learn applies equally to hardware and software development, and all of it holds real benefits for both your organization and your users. - Begins with a new preface by the collection's distinguished editor - Details a variety of methods for attaining interface consistency, including central control, user definitions, exemplary applications, shared code, and model analysis - Presents a cost-benefits analysis of organizational efforts to promote and achieve consistency - Examines and appraises the dimensions of consistency-consistency within an application, across a family of applications, and beyond - Makes the case for some unexpected benefits of interface consistency while helping you avoid the risks it can sometimes entail - Considers the consistency of interface elements other than screen design - Includes case studies of major corporations that have instituted programs to ensure the consistency of their products

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Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Coordinating User Interfaces for Consistency
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Preface
  6. Preface to the First Printing
  7. Contributors
  8. Chapter 1. Executive Summary: Coordinating User Interfaces for Consistency
  9. Chapter 2. The Dimensions of Consistency
  10. Chapter 3. A COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS FOR CORPORATE USER INTERFACE STANDARDS: What price to pay for a consistent "look and feel"?
  11. Chapter 4. Coordinating Consistency of User Interfaces, Code, Online Help, and Documentation With MultUingual/Multitarget Software Specification
  12. Chapter 5. Achieving Consistency for the Macintosh
  13. Chapter 6. Developing the XUI Style
  14. Chapter 7. Consistency as Process
  15. Chapter 8. New Ways to Consistent Interfaces
  16. Chapter 9 Tools for generating consistent user interfaces
  17. Bibliography: Literature onConsistency
  18. Index