Posts Tagged ‘Instructional design’

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25

Principles of good design

Friday, June 25th, 2010
The design of the user interface of a website or software application is of great importance for the success of delivering the product. Listed below are some principles for creating functional user interfaces. For more information, check out Steve Krug’s book “Don’t Make Me Think”. It is an excellent guide to creating effective graphical user interfaces (GUIs).
  • Visual Design
  • Praxis (helpful)
  • User Centered Design

Apple’s User Interface Guidelines

Conceptual and task-oriented information. Guides include overviews, tutorials, programming guides, server administration guides, and, for developer tools, user guides.