Human User Interface guidelines

Human User Interface guidelines are a list of rules that applications should adhere to, in order to share a common look and feel with other applications in a particular desktop environment.

If all applications look, feel and behave in a similar manner across a desktop environment, a user can transfer skills learned in one application to another. This will make the user more efficiant, and make learning to use new programs easier.

See Also

• Human-computer interaction
• Usability
• User friendliness

External Links:

• [1] GNOME Human Interface Guidelines
• [2] KDE User Interface Guidelines
• [3] Apple Human Interface Guidelines
• [4] Windows XP - Guidelines for Applications