GUI Design

The following series of articles appeared in The X Journal (published by SIGS Publications, Inc.) between September, 1995 and December, 1996. HFI directors Eric Schaffer, Ph.D., CPE, and John Sorflaten, Ph.D., CPE, give their thoughts on GUI design from the point of view of software ergonomics and human factors.

Sept/Oct, 1995

Managing Your Defense Against GUI's from Hell

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Nov/Dec, 1995

Pull Down Menus: Out of Sight, Out of Mind

Key Tips for User-Centered GUI Design

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Icons: Much Ado about Something

Beating the Rap on UI Standards

Mousing Around: Tyrannosaurus Rodentia Plasticae

Information Systems into Wisdom Systems

Window Layout: Cures for Cryptovision

Screen Writing: "Brevity is the Soul of Wit"

Testing: "What, Me Worry?"