Coordinating User Interfaces for Consistency

Jakob Nielsen

152 pages, parution le 15/01/2002

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Résumé

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.

Features

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.

Contents

Preface

Preface to the First Printing

List of Contributors

1. Executive Summary: Coordinating User Interfaces by Jakob Nielsen

2. The Dimensions of Consistency by Wendy A. Kellogg

3. A Cost Benefit Analysis for Corporate User Interface Standards: What Price to Pay for a Consistent "Look and Feel"? by Daniel Rosenberg

4. Coordinating Consistency of User Interfaces, Code, Online Help, and Documentation with Multilingual/Multitarget Software Specification by Gary Perlman

5. Achieving Consistency for the Macintosh by Bruce Tognazzini

6. Developing the XUI Style by Michael Good

7. Consistency as Process by Richard Wolf

8. New Ways to Consistent Interfaces by Ianne Howards Koritzinsky

9. Tools for Generating Consistent User Interfaces by Charles Wiecha, William Bennett, Stephen Boies, and John Gould

Bibliography

Index

L'auteur - Jakob Nielsen

Jakob Nielsen is a principal of the Nielsen Norman Group and has been called "the world's leading expert on Web usability" by U.S. News and World Report. His Alertbox column has been published on the Internet since 1995 (www.useit.com). A previous Sun Microsystems Distinguished Engineer, Nielsen is the author of numerous books, including the worldwide best-seller Designing Web Usability (New Riders, 2000).

Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Morgan Kaufmann
Auteur(s)	Jakob Nielsen
Parution	15/01/2002
Nb. de pages	152
Format	15,3 x 22,6
Couverture	Broché
Poids	257g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9781558608214
ISBN13	978-1-55860-821-4