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Article #40387Re: Re^2: User interface
From: Bruce Wright
Date: Wed, 27 Dec 1989 22:25
Date: Wed, 27 Dec 1989 22:25
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In article <499@tci.bell-atl.com>, kempf@tci.bell-atl.com (Cory Kempf) writes: > [...] MS-Windows/PM (at least last > time I worked with them -- about a year ago) did not do a style guide. > Without a Style Guide, UI designers must guess at what the proper > "feel" is. Notice the groping that Mac developers go through when > extending the UI. A minor point in an otherwise good posting: I have not dealt with the OS/2 PM, but certainly the Microsoft Windows Toolkit DOES have a style guide, and has had for well over a year. It's possible that the toolkit you used a year ago was not up-to-date (I don't have any copies of the earliest Windows toolkts). Bruce C. Wright
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ukma!xanth!mcnc!rti!bcw From: bcw@rti.UUCP (Bruce Wright) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Re^2: User interface Summary: Windows, at least, DOES have a style guide. Message-ID: <3367@rti.UUCP> Date: 27 Dec 89 22:25:25 GMT References: <5828@internal.Apple.COM> <499@tci.bell-atl.com> Organization: Research Triangle Institute, RTP, NC Lines: 15