Re: Field Labels

[Sharon Burton <sharonburton -at- EMAIL -dot- MSN -dot- COM>]

Have you tried the The Windows Interface Guidelines for Software Design?
Microsoft Press. ISBN 1-55615-679-0.

sharon

Sharon Burton
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-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Hinds <THinds -at- TIMESLIPS -dot- COM>
To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU <TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU>
Date: Thursday, 23 July, 1998 9:09 PM
Subject: Field Labels


>Does anyone know of a good reference that states rules (standards) of GUI
>design?
>I am interested in rules that specifically deal with the labeling of
fields.
>
>My team is midway through a project. We are writing a manual and help files
>for a group of applications.
>In some of the dialog boxes there are fields that are not labeled.
>For example, one dialog box contains a set of columns. Some columns contain
>a heading; some do not.
>
>To make it easier on the writer (and eventually the user of the product) I
>insist that all fields are labeled.
>I would like to show the developers a rule or two supporting my demands.
>This would be much easier (and also better for work politics, although
maybe
>less effective) than applying a sleeper hold or figure-four leg-lock until
>the head of the development team submits to the field naming scheme I
>desire.
>
>If you can, please forward any such rules that you find.
>Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.
>
>Tom Hinds
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