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From: dmurdoch@watstat.waterloo.edu (Duncan Murdoch)
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Subject: Re: Interface design CONVENTIONS
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Date: 12 May 91 13:43:17 GMT
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In article <1991May12.033532.25760@world.std.com> goodearl@world.std.com (Robert Goodearl) writes:
>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.

It's also paraphrased in the manuals that come with Borland's TP for Windows.
One of the rules is that all colours should be user-configurable - I wish this
were true of Windows Help, since I find the green cross reference messages
nearly invisible if I change the window background to blue-green.

Duncan Murdoch
dmurdoch@watstat.waterloo.edu