References & Resources

Style Guides

Version 2.0 of the GNOME Human Interface Guidelines was released to coincide with the release of GNOME 2.6. If you are interested in contributing to future releases of the HIG, please get in touch with us.

Links to other style guides

• Apple Human Interface Guidelines - Apple Computers, Inc.
• CDE Style Guide and Certification Checklist - Sun Microsystems
• IRIX Interactive Desktop - Silicon Graphics, Inc.
• Indigo Magic - Silicon Graphics, Inc.
• Java Look and Feel (2nd ed.) - Sun Microsystems, Inc.
• Java Look and Feel - Advanced Topics - Sun Microsystems, Inc.
• KDE - KDE project
• Microsoft Longhorn User Experience Guidelines (Sampler) - Microsoft Corp.
• Motif 2.1 and CDE 2.1 Style Guide - Open Group [HP, IBM, Novell, Sun]
• OpenStep User Interface Guidelines - Sun Microsystems
• SAA Common User Interface - IBM
• Windows User Experience - Microsoft Corp.
• Windows XP Visual Guidelines - Microsoft Corp.

Website References & Resources

• Athena User Interface Usability Test
• Bad Designs
• Bruce Tognazzini's AskTog
• Gary Perlman's Suggested Readings in HCI, UI & HF [Human-Computer Interaction, User Interface Development & Human Factors
• HCI Bibliography : Human-Computer Interaction
• IBM Ease of Use Homepage
• Interface Hall of Shame (Pixelcentric)
• Joel Spolky's User Interface Design for Programmers
• Microsoft User Interface Homepage
• useit.com: Jakob Nielsen's Website
• User Interface Hall of Shame (Site no longer available, this link points to an archived copy)
• uidesign.net
• User Interface Engineering

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