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

by Wilbert O. Galitz

Well-designed graphical user interfaces (GUIs) for business systems can greatly increase user productivity, but designing them can be difficult and time consuming. This book walks developers through the basics of good interface design, using real-world examples from systems that are proven successes. Galitz is an internationally recognized consultant, author, and instructor with many years of experience with information systems and user interface design. Written especially for developers who may be designing user interfaces for the first time, but also extremely useful for any developer involved in GUI or Web site design. Revised to reflect the profound enhancements in interface design, specifically how Web page design has revolutionized interface design. New information covers a variety of platforms, both traditional and Web-based.

Genres: Design, Nonfiction, Programming, Reference

784 pages, Paperback

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