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The Essential Guide to User Interface Design
Wilbert O. Galitz

John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2007

The Essential Guide to User Interface Design

7 reviews
Wilbert O. Galitz

Wiley, 2002

Required for anyone who is serious about interface design
The field of interface and interaction design is formally known as Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). It is significant that a large amount of HCI deals with non-programming issues such as psychological approaches to end-user experience, social manners of the audience, and more. The Essential Guide to User Interface Design provide a comprehensive overview of the essentials of interface design. ...

The Essential Guide to User Interface Design: An Introduction to GUI Design Principles and Techniques

3 reviews
Wilbert O. Galitz

Wiley, 2007

Useful to understand the why
Mr. Galitz's reasons for using design standards and the detailed consequences of poor design are backed up by reasearch. He gives specific recommendations for standards such as typefaces, point size, label and caption styles, etc. He explains and uses a good shorthand throughout the book for items as "signal" versus "noise." This is handy to quickly distinguish between things that are ...

User-Interface Screen Design
Wilbert O. Galitz

John Wiley & Sons, 1993

User-Interface Screen Design About this Book Just because you're an ace developer, that doesnt mean you know enough about screen design. User-friendly means much more than cute icons around the border of a screen. User-friendly means making the system easier to use. And because the screen is the user interface to the system, a properly designed screen translates into true user friendliness. So whether you program for mainframes, minis, or ...

It's Time to Clean Your Windows: Designing Guis That Work

1 review
Wilbert O. Galitz

John Wiley & Sons, 1994

Outstanding reference for Windows Programmers
By far the only book a person needs for a reference when designing a windows based application. I have read this book and us it extensively for all my projects as should most other programmers. Not strictly a programmers book, it was written to be a good reference for anyone involved in the development of a windows application.