INLS718 User Interface Design

from analysis to design requirements

Read these to prepare for class discussion

1. Universal principles of design
   The Principle of Constancy, 58
2. Universal principles of design
   The Principle of Control, 64
3. a relevant article from the Nielsen Norman Group
   Mini-IA: Structuring the Information About a Concept
4. Lindgaard, G., et al. (2006). User needs analysis and requirements engineering: Theory and practice. Interacting with Computers, 18(1), 47-70.
   [PDF]
   Read section 2, pages 50-56 only
5. Hartson, H. R. (2003). Cognitive, physical, sensory, and functional affordances in interaction design. Behaviour & Information Technology, 22(5), 315-338.
   [PDF]

Optional readings which may come up in class discussions

Some specialized hci-related databases and search engines

• ACM Digital Library.
  (Includes ACM publications, as well as a selection of computer science publications from other professional associations.) Access provided by UNC libraries.
• Best Ever HCI Search.
• Business Source Premier.
  (Indexes materials in the business literature; narrow tsystems-related materials first.) Access provided by UNC libraries.
• INSPEC.
  (A large general database in physics, electrical and mechanical engineering, computers and related physical sciences; narrow search tHCI-related materials first.) Access provided by UNC libraries.
• Perlman, G. (current).
  HCI Bibliography: Human-Computer Interaction Resources.
• Web Design and Development Search Engine.

Some sources of guidelines

• Mac OS X Human Interface Guidelines.
• SAP User Experience Community
• User Experience and Design > Design > Design Concepts > Design Principles. IBM.
• Fowler, S. L., & Stanwick, V. R. (1995). The GUI Style Guide. Boston: AP Professional.
  [QA76.9 .U83 F69 1995]
• Johnson, J. (2000). GUI Bloopers: Don'ts and Do's for Software Developers and Web Designers. San Francisco: Morgan Kaufmann.
  [QA76.9 .U83 J63 2000]
  
• Mayhew, D. J. (1992). Principles and Guidelines in Software User Interface Design. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.
  [QA76.9 .U83 M39 1992]
• Raskin, J. (1996). Wanted: for crimes against the interface: thoughts on an HCI poster. interactions, 3(6), 70-76.
  [PDF]
• Reeves, L. M., et al. (2004). Guidelines for multimodal user interface design. Communications of the ACM, 47(1), 57-59.
  [PDF]

Some sources of guidelines and other readings specific to web applications

• Baxley, B. (2003). Making the Web Work: Designing Effective Web Applications. New Riders.
  [TK5105.888 .B395 2002]
  
• Brinck, T., Gergle, D., & Wood, S. (2002). Designing Web Sites that Work. Morgan Kaufmann.
  [TK5105.888 .B763 2002]
  
• Farkas, D. K., & Farkas, J. B. (2002). Principles of Web Design. New York: Longman.
  [TK5105.888 .F36 2002]
• Hammerich, I. (2002). Developing Online Content: The Principles of Writing and Editing for the Web. New York: Wiley.
  [TK5105.888 .H36 2002]
• Kahn, P., & Lenk, K. (1998). Principles of typography for user interface design. interactions, 5(6), 15-29.
  [PDF]
• Lynch, P. J., & Horton, S. (2008). Web Style Guide: Basic Design Principles for Creating Web Sites. 3rd ed. New Haven: Yale University Press.
  [online] and [TK5105.888 .L96 2008]
• Manber, U., Patel, A., & Robison, J. (2000). Experience with personalization on Yahoo! Communications of the ACM, 43(8): 35-39.
  [PDF]
• Marcus, A. (2004). Branding 101 [Fast Forward]. interactions, 11(5), 14-21.
  [PDF]
• National Cancer Institute. (n.d.) Research-Based Web Design & Usability Guidelines.
• Nielsen, J. (1997). How to Write for the Web. Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox.
• Nielsen, J. Writing for the web: Research on how users read on the Web and how authors should write their Web pages. Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox.
• Nielsen, J. (1999, October 3). Ten good deeds in Web design. Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox.
• Nielsen, J. (2000). Designing Web Usability. Indianapolis: New Riders.
  [TK5105.888 .N55 2000]
• Nielsen, J., & Tahir, M. (2002). Homepage Usability: 50 Websites Deconstructed. Indianapolis: New Riders.
  [HD30.37 .N54 2002]
  Homepage guidelines, p7-35
• Nielsen, J. (2001). 113 Design Guidelines for Homepage Usability
• Pearrow, M. (2000). Web Site Usability Handbook. Rockland, MA: Charles River Media.
  [TK5105.888 .P4223 2000]
• Powell, T. (2000). Web Design: The Complete Reference. Berkeley, CA: Osborne/McGraw-Hill.
  [e-book] or [TK5105.888 .P617 2000]
• Sklar, J. (2000). Principles of Web Design. Cambridge, MA: Thomson Learning.
  [TK5105.888 .S583 2000]
• Van Duyne, D. K., Landay, J. A., & Hong, J. I. (2003). Design of Sites: Patterns, Principles and Processes for Crafting a Customer-Centered Web Experience. Boston: Addison-Wesley.
  [TK5105.888 .V36 2003]
  
• Veen, J. (2001). The Art & Science of Web Design. Indianapolis: New Riders.
  [TK5105.888 .V43 2001]
• Williams, R., & Tollett, J. (2000). The Non-Designer's Web Book. 2nd ed. Berkeley: Peachpit Press.
  [TK5105.888 .W5536 2000]
  Particularly Parts 3 and 4.

Web guidelines for accessibility - related readings

• Chisholm, W., Vanderheiden, G., & Jacobs, I. (2001). Web content accessibility guidelines 1.0. interactions, 8(4), 35-54.
  [PDF]
• Coombs, N. (2002). Electronic ramp to success: designing campus Web pages for users with disabilities. Educause Quarterly, 25(2), 45-51.
  [PDF]
• Curran, K., Walters, N., & Robinson, D. (2007). Investigating the problems faced by older adults and people with disabilities in online environments. Behaviour & Information Technology, 26(6), 447-453.
  [PDF]
• Ellison, J. (2004). Assessing the accessibility of fifty United States government web pages: Using Bobby to check on Uncle Sam. First Monday, 9(7).
• Hackett, S., & Parmanto, B. (2009). Homepage not enough when evaluating web site accessibility. Internet Research, 19(1), 78-87.
  [PDF]
• Providenti, M., & Zai, R., III. (2007). Web accessibility at academic libraries: Standards, legislation, and enforcement. Library Hi Tech, 25(4), 494-508.
  [PDF]
• Theofanos, M. F., & Redish, J. D. (2003). Bridging the gap: Between accessibility and usability. interactions, 10(6), 36-51.
  [PDF]
• Web Accessibility in Mind [website].

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