The Essential Guide to User Interface Design: An Introduction to GUI Design Principles and Techniques

by Wilbert O. Galitz

Bringing together the results of more than 300 new design studies, an understanding of people, knowledge of hardware and software capabilities, and the author's practical experience gained from 45 years of work with display-based systems, this book addresses interface and screen design from the user's perspective. You will learn how to create an effective design methodology, design and organize screens and Web pages that encourage efficient comprehension and execution, and create screen icons and graphics that make displays easier and more comfortable to use.

Genres: Design, Nonfiction, Programming, Reference

888 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 13, 1996

Reviews

[Nadiar AS · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book cover all thing about how human interaction with interface design, it's not just digital interface, but also can be apply to offline media, such as kind of banner. The writer approach sort of principles and techniques, these no more 'how-to' thing.

This book using proper language that easy to understand with non-native english, though.

After finish reading this book, I can see how the website design should be. I use to designed the website just thought about the beauty. But after read this book, the idea of mine is totally wrong. This book has opened my eyes about the design.

[John Mcjohnnyman · Rating 1 out of 5]

The absolute worst book I've ever read. There was not a single thing that was not awful about this book. I believe the authors of most of the IT books out there are simply getting paid per page which would explain why this is the thickest book on my shelf yet also contains the least amount of useful information.

[Kathryn Wilson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good source for UI design standards....very handy to have a work.

[Veena]

good