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	Web Interface Design
		Interface design encompasses three distinct, but related constructs--usability, visualization, and functionality (Vertelney, Arent, & Lieberman, 1990).
		Recently, a fourth component of interface design has emerged as a critical factor--accessibility.
		Interface design is most often associated with the development of Web pages, computer software, and multimedia, but is relevant to the creation of any instructional media or technical equipment.
	www.edtech.vt.edu /edtech/id/interface (206 words)

	Do Metaphors Make Web Browsers Easier to Use?
		There appears to be some controversy amongst researchers and user interface designers as to whether it is better to use an integral metaphor or a composite metaphor.
		In this case, the interface element was drawn from the travel metaphor (figure 5), and therefore the correct response would be ‘TourBook’, the same as in the integral travel condition.
		Half the interface elements in the composite metaphor condition were identical to the interface elements in the integral library metaphor condition and the other half were identical to the elements in the integral travel metaphor condition.
	www.baddesigns.com /mswebcnf.htm (5350 words)

	Toby Braun Information Design \| What is interface design? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		Yet we seem to enjoy the experience of using attractively designed interfaces, as well those that are simply easy to use.
		Interface design is both a decorative art and a practical application of usability principles.
		Good interface design both enables functionality and gently constrains a user's expectations of the same.
	www.tbid.com /pg/interface_design.html (177 words)

	A Summary of User Interface Design Principles
		Sensables prefer user interfaces that utilize their perceptual abilities -- in other words, they like interfaces where the features are "up front" and "in their face".
		Design realistic tasks for the users, and then recruit end-users that have the same experience level as users of your product (Avoid recruiting users who are familiar with your product however).
		Much of the fluency with computer interfaces derives from play -- and those who have dedicated themselves to "serious" tasks such as running a business, curing disease, or helping victims of tragedy may lack the time or patience to be able to devote effort to it.
	www.sylvantech.com /~talin/projects/ui_design.html (4532 words)

	INTERFACE DESIGN: Accessibility
		When designers began to use large images, proprietary media formats, and complex page layouts to produce well-designed documents, the Web became a better-looking place, but those users who require clean HTML for access were shut out from many pages.
		A page designed using red text against a green background, for example, presents a problem for users with red-green color blindness: the contrast between text and background may not be great enough for the text to be distinguishable.
		Always check your page designs on typically sized display screens (800 x 600 pixels) to be sure that all major navigation and content areas fit well within the horizontal area of the screen.
	www.webstyleguide.com /interface/access.html (1146 words)

	LLT Journal: Design and Evaluation of the User Interface... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		Using a definition of the user interface as the communication channel between the user and the functional elements of the computer (Furnes and Barfield, 1995; Marchionini, 1991; Waterworth, 1992), human-computer interaction can be seen as a system with three components: a computer/application, an interface, and a human user subsystems (see Figure 1).
		The design process of a user interface involves the development of a conceptual model of the application and its functionality by the designer, which is then implemented as the user interface, often using one or many metaphors.
		Interface design is the process of selecting interface elements and features based on their ability to deliver support for the cognitive processes involved in the instructional activities facilitated by the application.
	llt.msu.edu /vol2num1/article2 (4671 words)

	Social Design Notes: interface (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		Design is not just an expression of ideas in physical form, but a concrete embodiment of assumptions, values, desires, ideals, dreams, expectations, and prejudices.
		Design is an expression of what (and who) we believe are “normal” of how much we value certain costs over others — financial, social, and political.
		If universal design is intended to be usable by all people without the need for adaptation or specialized design, a more participatory and inclusive design process seems to be one useful way of achieving this.
	www.backspace.com /notes/topic/interface (7644 words)

	Interface Design tutorial: user interface design - Sessions-Online School of Design
		Interfaces are crucial to the success of your design — in essence, they link your audience to your material.
		Good interfaces are intuitive, easy to navigate, user-friendly, and built on past user experience (on-line and off).
		In Interface Design, you'll learn the thought processes and theories behind these man-and-machine interfaces, and, more importantly, how to apply the many graphic design tools at your disposal to gently guide visitors around your own site.
	www.sessions.edu /syllabus/InterfaceDesign.html (364 words)

	uidesign.net
		This funny and educational piece from Design By Fire gives it the thumbs up but suggests that it is time for a makeover at Jakob's own site.
		Having explained the main problem areas, it goes on to explain why 'clicks and mortar' companies may be better placed to exploit the web than many pure e-tailers, not just because of their business experience, brand identity and multi-channel capability, but because they retain a focus on the importance of user-centred thinking.
		He discusses why Interaction Design is about complete systems architecture and he hits on what's wrong with relational databases; what's wrong with file systems; why Interaction Design is a lot more than Interface Design; and why he really doesn't like Usability much either.
	www.uidesign.net (1978 words)

	AskTog: First Principles of Interaction Design
		Effective interfaces are visually apparent and forgiving, instilling in their users a sense of control.
		The computer, the interface, and the task environment all "belong" to the user, but user-autonomy doesn’t mean we abandon rules.
		The great efficiency breakthroughs in software are to be found in the fundamental architecture of the system, not in the surface design of the interface.
	www.asktog.com /basics/firstPrinciples.html (3789 words)

	Interface Design: Best Practices in Object-Oriented API Design in Java
		Object Design is a companion book that contains patterns and idioms for designing Java objects.
		Design service-oriented objects that use their state to decide how to behave.
		Wednesday, 4/19/2000 - Added links to lecture handouts from my Java Design Workshop that are basically outlines of the material that will appear in the chapters Designing Objects and Designing with Composition, Inheritance, and Interfaces.
	www.artima.com /interfacedesign (867 words)

	Software Design Smorgasbord: User Interface Design Page
		These design and layout articles are grouped under the categories usability and information architecture.
		The focus is on Practical Interaction Design: the processes, the strategies, the patterns and the aesthetics of Interaction Design and Interface Implementation.
		These design patterns have been analyzed during the past five years by going through hundreds of designs, to give instructions and design examples to the students of design courses at the University of Helsinki." (Posted 10/03) Via InfoDesign.
	www.chesco.com /~cmarion/Design/UIDesign.html (3515 words)

	User Interface
		Interfaces that force you to jump back and forth between different style of interaction (text editing to form fill out to tabular presentation to direct manipulation) violate this sense of easy flow.
		One of the marks of a good interface is that everyone feels like they can work the way they want to, that the system does not impose any particular method of solving a problem.
		Interface design tends to fall into one of two camps- the "everything in one window" camp and the "everything in separate windows" camp.
	c2.com /ppr/ui.html (1035 words)

	Interface Design (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		I believe that good design is magical and not to be lightly tinkered with.
		The difference between a great design and a lousy one is in the meshing of the thousand details that either fit or don't, and the spirit of the passionate intellect that has tied them together, or tried.
		The rich language provided for a command interface may be difficult to remember, especially for first-time or infrequent users.
	www.cs.sunysb.edu /~tony/364/interface/interfacedesign.htm (1606 words)

	interface design
		Grounded in cognitive psychology and discussing the interface design of physical objects (door handles, stove dials, etc), the clear presentation and engaging tone make this discipline accessible to all.
		I read this after having taken a class in User-Centered Design, and his hip perspective was a breath of fresh air after all the stuffy academic journal articles.
		Ben Shneiderman's exhaustive overview of the discipline of user interface design is perhaps the bible of the field.
	www.peterme.com /index102698.html (768 words)

	User Interface Books
		I am immodest enough to suggest that the chapter on user testing in my own book is all you need to get started, but Rubin's book is great for people who have already run some studies and want to refine their technique.
		Many traditional appearance designers have focused on the visceral level, usability has traditionally been strongest at the behavioral level, and many marketing experts have focused on the branding aspects of reflective design (while ignoring other angels of how people think about their personal history of using products).
		Even though I personally think that content design and software design are the two most interesting areas of user interface design, there is no doubt that hardware design is important too.
	www.useit.com /books/uibooks.html (2082 words)

	User Interface Design For Programmers - Joel on Software
		Word has two tiny magnifying glasses in their interface, but one of them is on the "Print Preview" button (for some reason), and the other is on the "Document Map" button, whatever that is. The actual way to change the zoom level here is with the dropdown box that is currently showing "100%".
		Graphic designers (unlike UI designers) have been taught that thin, variable spaced fonts are more gracious, look better, and are easier to read.
		Obviously, designing software for Pete is quite different from designing software for Patricia, who in turn is quite different from Mike, a 16 year old who runs Linux at home, talks on IRC for hours, and uses no "Micro$oft" software.
	www.joelonsoftware.com /uibook/fog0000000249.html (15269 words)

	User Interface Design for Programmers - Chapter 1
		They think that UI design is like graphics design: the mysterious process by which creative, latte-drinking, all-dressed-in-fl people with interesting piercings produce cool looking artistic stuff.
		There is a rational way to think about user interfaces with some simple, logical rules that you can apply anywhere to improve the interfaces of the programs you work on.
		The interface needs to behave in the way they are expecting it to behave.
	www.joelonsoftware.com /uibook/chapters/fog0000000057.html (2242 words)

	Interface Design Assistance
		Apple human interface engineers labored painstakingly over every pixel in Aqua, so it’s important that you pay close attention to the details of your application’s Aqua user interface.Take advantage of the expertise of others to bring your Mac OS X product to life with expressive icons, clean design, and excellent usability.
		The interface/interaction design firms listed here, in association with the Apple Developer Connection, are offering their services at attractive discounts to all ADC Premier and Select members.
		Because The Iconfactory focuses exclusively on icon and user interface design services they are able to use their collective experience to solve your tough design issues.
	developer.apple.com /business/aida.html (530 words)

	ITS Center for Instructional Technology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		Bibliography of books and articles on all aspects of user design in an electronic environment.
		Bielenberg, Daniel R. "Interactive Design and the Mythical 'Intuitive User Interface.'" Journal of Interactive Instruction Development 6, no. 2 (1993): 14-19.
		Milheim, William D. "Screen Design for Computer-Based Training and Interactive Video: Practical Suggestions and Overall Guidelines." Performance and Instruction 31, no. 5 (1992): 13-21.
	www.unc.edu /cit/guides/irg-05.html (882 words)

	LukeW: AJAX Interface Design (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		If an application is designed using frames or iframes, specific content within a frame can be refreshed with server-side data without affecting the rest of the interface.
		Incorporating a simple animation in an interface lets users know something is happening in response to their action.
		Though the guidelines themselves have become a bit dated, the underlying principle is valid: a lot of the interaction problems that come up when designing AJAX and other types of Rich Internet Applications have been solved before in desktop applications.
	www.lukew.com /resources/articles/ajax_design.asp (1216 words)

	Amazon.com: The Art of Human-Computer Interface Design: Books: Brenda Laurel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		The classic Art of Human-Computer Interface Design is one book that isn't filled with code samples but is nonetheless a thought-provoking resource for developers.
		It draws on essays from interface design specialists, as well as works by those involved with drama and narrative, industrial design, animation, and cognitive and interpersonal psychology.
		Parts of it (particularly the essays grouped under 'Creativity and Design' and 'Users and Contexts') are very useful for today's interface design world.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0201517973?v=glance (1343 words)

	Theo Mandel, Ph.D. - Pioneering usability research and user interface design since 1983
		Theo Mandel promotes an iterative interface design process that involves users and focuses on prototyping and testing designs from early stages through final product development.
		Users should be designed for and with, not designed to.
		Theo Mandel, Ph.D. is an international specialist in the design, development, education and usability testing of PC and Web software products.
	www.theomandel.com (459 words)

	Interface Design and Evaluation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		Interface Design and Evaluation (IDE) Section performs interdisciplinary human-computer interaction (HCI) research.
		The human system integration (HSI) research is directed at understanding limitations of current Naval systems particularly in terms of human-system interfaces, developing improvements in these interfaces, and implementing and assessing these improvements.
		The audio interface research uses a sophisticated audio laboratory to expand our understanding of how non-speech audio can be used to manage attention and convey information.
	elazar.itd.nrl.navy.mil (198 words)

	Interface Design
		In developing interactive systems, a designer is tasked with helping to define an experience.
		This course explores these issues in relation to different expressions of interface design: software interfaces, web interfaces, and physical products.
		I expect everyone to participate, whether it be in discussions, group exercises, or through vigorous individual exploration.
	id.bobulate.com (261 words)

	User Interface Design and Usability
		This is page contains links to HCI and User Interface Design related web sites that may help you with User Interface Design.
		Microsoft Research User Interfaces Group - A page about a group at Microsoft that is researching future user interface technologies.
		Interface Design for Sun's WWW Site - Part of Sun Microsystems site that shows their numerous iterations of home page and icon designs, as well as a description of the usability engineering methods used in their design process.
	www.isii.com /ui_design.html (371 words)

	Amazon.com: User Interface Design for Programmers: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		They think that UI design is like graphic design&emdash;the mysterious process by which creative, latte-drinking, all-fl-wearing people produce cool-looking, artistic pieces.
		Accessibility interfaces are now law in the United States (since the start of 2001) and yet this very important topic is given short shrift.
		I don't know about that, but in any case I would say it is an excellent FIRST book on user interface design that gives you what's most important: the motivation on the subject to read forward.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1893115941?v=glance (2227 words)

	Livingston Visual Design
		With Livingston Visual Design, clients gain the experience of a large corporate design firm and the agility of a smaller design boutique.
		Livingston Visual Design has the experience to deliver the results you desire in the most practical and effective manner.
		You are not just another one of hundreds of accounts at a large corporate design firm; you are one of our individual clients.
	www.livingstonvisual.com (284 words)

	Web Style Guide: INTERFACE DESIGN
		The graphic user interface (GUI) of a computer system comprises the interaction metaphors, images, and concepts used to convey function and meaning on the computer screen.
		Graphic design and visual "signature" graphics are not used simply to enliven Web pages — graphics are integral to the user's experience with your site.
		In interactive documents graphic design cannot be separated from issues of interface design.
	www.webstyleguide.com /interface (174 words)

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