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42 /*! |
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43 \page guibooks.html |
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44 \title Books about GUI Design |
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45 \ingroup best-practices |
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46 |
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47 This is not a comprehensive list -- there are many other books worth |
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48 buying. Here we mention just a few user interface books that don't |
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49 gather dust on our shelves. |
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50 |
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51 \bold{\l{http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0132354160/ref=ase_trolltech/}{C++ |
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52 GUI Programming with Qt 4, Second Edition}} |
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53 by Jasmin Blanchette and Mark |
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54 Summerfield, ISBN 0-13-235416-0. This is the official Qt book written |
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55 by two veteran Trolls. The first edition, which is based on Qt 4.1, is |
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56 \l{http://www.qtrac.eu/C++-GUI-Programming-with-Qt-4-1st-ed.zip}{available online}. |
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57 The second edition, based on Qt 4.3, is |
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58 \l{http://www.informit.com/store/product.aspx?isbn=0132354160}{also available online}. |
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59 |
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60 \bold{\l{http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0385267746/trolltech/t}{The Design of Everyday Things}} |
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61 by Donald Norman, ISBN 0-38526774-6, is one of the classics of human |
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62 interface design. Norman shows how badly something as simple as a |
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63 kitchen stove can be designed, and everyone should read it who will |
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64 design a dialog box, write an error message, or design just about |
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65 anything else humans are supposed to use. |
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66 |
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67 \target fowler |
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68 \bold{\l{http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0070592748/trolltech/t}{GUI Design Handbook}} |
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69 by Susan Fowler, ISBN 0-07-059274-8, is an |
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70 alphabetical dictionary of widgets and other user interface elements, |
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71 with comprehensive coverage of each. Each chapter covers one widget |
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72 or other element, contains the most important recommendation from the |
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73 Macintosh, Windows and Motif style guides, notes about common |
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74 problems, comparison with other widgets that can serve some of the |
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75 same roles as this one, etc. |
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76 |
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77 \target Design Patterns |
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78 \bold{\l{http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0201633612/103-8144203-3273444} |
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79 {Design Patterns - Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software}} |
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80 by Gamma, Helm, Johnson, and Vlissides, ISBN 0-201-63361-2, provides |
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81 more information on the Model-View-Controller (MVC) paradigm, explaining |
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82 MVC and its sub-patterns in detail. |
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83 |
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84 \bold{\l{http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0201622165/trolltech/t}{Macintosh |
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85 Human Interface Guidelines}}, Second Edition, ISBN |
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86 0-201-62216-5, is worth buying for the \e {don't}s alone. Even |
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87 if you're not writing Macintosh software, avoiding most of what it |
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88 advises against will produce more easily comprehensible software. |
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89 Doing what it tells you to do may also help. This book is now available |
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90 \link http://developer.apple.com/techpubs/mac/HIGuidelines/HIGuidelines-2.html |
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91 online\endlink and there is a |
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92 \link http://developer.apple.com/techpubs/mac/HIGOS8Guide/thig-2.html Mac |
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93 OS 8 addendum.\endlink |
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94 |
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95 \bold{\l{http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/047159900X/trolltech/t}{The |
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96 Microsoft Windows User Experience}}, ISBN 1-55615-679-0, |
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97 is Microsoft's look and feel bible. Indispensable for everyone who |
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98 has customers that worship Microsoft, and it's quite good, too. |
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99 It is also available |
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100 \link http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnwue/html/welcome.asp online\endlink. |
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101 |
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102 \bold{\l{http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/047159900X/trolltech/t}{The Icon Book}} |
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103 by William Horton, ISBN 0-471-59900-X, is perhaps the only thorough |
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104 coverage of icons and icon use in software. In order for icons to be |
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105 successful, people must be able to do four things with them: decode, |
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106 recognize, find and activate them. This book explains these goals |
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107 from scratch and how to reach them, both with single icons and icon |
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108 families. Some 500 examples are scattered throughout the text. |
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109 |
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110 |
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111 \section1 Buying these Books from Amazon.com |
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112 |
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113 These books are made available in association with Amazon.com, our |
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114 favorite online bookstore. Here is more information about |
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115 \link http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/subst/help/shipping-policy.html/t |
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116 Amazon.com's shipping options\endlink and its |
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117 \link http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/subst/help/desk.html/t |
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118 customer service.\endlink When you buy a book by following one of these |
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119 links, Amazon.com gives about 15% of the purchase price to |
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120 \link http://www.amnesty.org/ Amnesty International.\endlink |
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121 |
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122 */ |