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From: goodearl@world.std.com (Robert Goodearl)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms,comp.windows.ms.programmer
Subject: Re: Interface design CONVENTIONS
Message-ID: <1991May12.033532.25760@world.std.com>
Date: 12 May 91 03:35:32 GMT
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In article <1991May11.042603.1689@cs.UAlberta.CA> jimmy@cs.UAlberta.CA 
(Jimmy the X-Man who likes bouash) writes:
>Hi folks,
>Got a simple question. Is there a book or paper that is used
>as a reference for specifying the look and feel of graphical interfaces ?
>

IBM has published a spec with the initials CUA.  (It's late enough on a
long Saturday that the actual name doesn't come to mind.)  A copy of the
spec is (or at least _was_ until recently) shipped with the SDK.  It should
also be available at the same bookstores that carry the individual manuals
of the SDK.  I believe it was mentioned in recent articles in this news
group and may be in the FAQ list.

-- 
Bob Goodearl -- goodearl@world.std.com
Principal Software Engineer, Easel Corporation