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Subject:Re: Web user interface style guide? From:Marni Barilone <mbarilone -at- PRIORITYCALL -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 7 Jan 1999 11:14:48 -0500
oops. www.uie.com (typing too fast).
-----Original Message-----
From: Karen Byers <kbyers -at- informix -dot- com>
To: Marni Barilone <mbarilone -at- PRIORITYCALL -dot- COM>
Date: Thursday, January 07, 1999 11:05 AM
Subject: Re: Web user interface style guide?
>FYI: An error message (no DNS listing) comes up for the User Interface
>Engineering bookmark.
>
>Karen
>Tech Writer
>Oakland , CA
>
>At 08:48 AM 1/7/99 -0500, you wrote:
>>Okay, at my last job I wrote User Docs for software that ran on browsers
>>over an intranet. I had no Style Guide and I don't know of one. I
>>generally used Internet Explorer terminology and naming conventions. I
>>sometimes used IE "Help" tools and the IE interface to know what to
certain
>>components. (I used IE because it was a military subcontractor and they
>>required all users to have IE.)
>>
>>As an aside, if you have any input into the interface design, have a look
at
>>"Web Site Usability: A Designer's Guide." It's put out by User Interface
>>Engineering (www.uei.com). They are one of the first companies (if not
THE
>>first) to do actual Usability testing on web sites. They have some
>>interesting findings. (Standard Disclaimer: I do not work for them. I
do
>>not get commissions from them. I just appreciate their work.)
>>
>>If you need any assistance, just ask.
>>
>>Marni Barilone
>>Sr. Technical Writer
>>Priority Call Management
>>Wilmington, MA
>>978-694-2624
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Marjo Kuusto <kuusto -at- TRE -dot- TELE -dot- NOKIA -dot- FI>
>>To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU <TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU>
>>Date: Thursday, January 07, 1999 3:00 AM
>>Subject: Web user interface style guide?
>>
>>
>>>Anyone who has had the pleasure to document
>>>software with a Web user interface:
>>>
>>>Microsoft has style guide for Windows user interface,
>>>Motif has one for theirs... What if you have software
>>>that runs in the Web? Is there a style guide for
>>>Web user interfaces? Or have you made up UI
>>>component names as you go along...?
>>>
>>>Curious,
>>>Marjo Kuusto
>>>Network Management Systems/
>>>Nokia Telecommunications
>>>Finland
>>>
>>>From ??? -at- ??? Sun Jan 00 00:00:00 0000
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>>>
>>>
>>
>>From ??? -at- ??? Sun Jan 00 00:00:00 0000=
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