Xref: utzoo comp.windows.ms:12904 comp.windows.ms.programmer:2576 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!samsung!olivea!uunet!lotus!lotus.com!robertk From: robertk@lotatg.lotus.com (Robert Krajewski) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms,comp.windows.ms.programmer Subject: Re: Interface design CONVENTIONS Message-ID: Date: 21 May 91 02:00:39 GMT References: <1991May11.042603.1689@cs.UAlberta.CA> Sender: news@lotus.com Organization: Lotus Development Corporation Lines: 12 In-Reply-To: jimmy@cs.UAlberta.CA's message of 11 May 91 04:26:03 GMT IBM has a book on Common User Access guidelines, informally known as the CUA book. It is included with Microsoft's Windows SDK, so I supposed implies some level of endorsement. The old 2.0 SDK document had a guidelines section, but the new CUA book is more comprehensive: it covers international issues more thoroughly, and is not Windows-centric. All Windows (and PM) interface designers also ought to read the Apple User Interface Guidelines book as well. It's well-written and exhibits a unity of purpose that is sometimes obscured by the IBMisms of CUA book.