Designing Interfaces Patterns for Effective Interaction Design

Name: Designing Interfaces Patterns for Effective Interaction Design
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ISBN: 9780596008031

ISBN-10: 0596008031

ISBN-13: 9780596008031

Edition: 2006

Authors: Jenifer Tidwell

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Designing a good interface isn't easy. Users demand software that is well-behaved, good-looking, and easy to use. Your clients or managers demand originality and a short time to market. Your UI technology -- Web applications, desktop software, even mobile devices -- may give you the tools you need, but little guidance on how to use them well. UI designers over the years have refined the art of interface design, evolving many best practices and reusable ideas. If you learn these, and understand why the best user interfaces work so well, you too can design engaging and usable interfaces with less guesswork and more confidence. "Designing Interfaces captures those best practices as design…

Book details

List price: $49.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/1/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 8.00" wide x 9.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.980
Language: English



Preface



What Users Do


A Means to an End


The Basics of User Research


Users' Motivation to Learn


The Patterns



Safe exploration



Instant gratification



Satisficing



Changes in midstream



Deferred choices



Incremental construction



Habituation



Spatial memory



Prospective memory



Streamlined repetition



Keyboard only



Other people's advice



Organizing the Content: Information Architecture and Application Structure


The Basics of Information Architecture: Dividing Stuff Up


Physical Structure


The Patterns



Two-panel selector



Canvas plus palette



One-window drilldown



Alternative views



Wizard



Extras on demand



Intriguing branches



Multi-level help



Getting Around: Navigation, Signposts, and Wayfinding


Staying Found


The Cost of Navigation


The Patterns



Clear entry points



Global navigation



Hub and spoke



Pyramid



Modal panel



Sequence map



Breadcrumbs



Annotated scrollbar



Color-coded sections



Animated transition



Escape hatch



Organizing the Page: Layout of Page Elements


The Basics of Page Layout


The Patterns



Visual framework



Center stage



Titled sections



Card stack



Closable panels



Movable panels



Right/left alignment



Diagonal balance



Property sheet



Responsive disclosure



Responsive enabling



Liquid layout



Doing Things: Actions and Commands


Pushing the Boundaries


The Patterns



Button groups



Action panel



Prominent "done" button



Smart menu items



Preview



Progress indicator



Cancelability



Multi-level undo



Command history



Macros



Showing Complex Data: Trees, Tables, and Other Information Graphics


The Basics of Information Graphics


The Patterns



Overview plus detail



Datatips



Dynamic queries



Data brushing



Local zooming



Row striping



Sortable table



Jump to item



New-item row



Cascading lists



Tree table



Multi-y graph



Small multiples



Treemap



Getting Input From Users: Forms and Controls


The Basics of Form Design


Control Choice


The Patterns



Forgiving format



Structured format



Fill-in-the-blanks



Input hints



Input prompt



Autocompletion



Dropdown chooser



Illustrated choices



List builder



Good defaults



Same-page error messages



Builders and Editors


The Basics of Editor Design


The Patterns



Edit-in-place



Smart selection



Composite selection



One-off mode



Spring-loaded mode



Constrained resize



Magnetism



Guides



Paste variations



Making it Look Good: Visual Style and Aesthetics


Same Content, Different Styles


The Basics of Visual Design


What This Means for Desktop Applications


The Patterns



Deep background



Few hues, many values



Corner treatments



Borders that echo fonts



Hairlines



Contrasting font weights



Skins


References


Index