My Introduction To G.U.I Design

Objectives:To understand the basics of User Interface Design

Today computers are a widely used business tool, there are literally millions of computer users. Almost all businesses use computers in some form or another to make them productive and help them succeed in a competitive world.

Computer based, business applications must be designed to fit specific business models. Such applications, definitely bring a measurable return on investment to the business in which they are run. Banking, Accounting, Inventory, Management Information System, Knowledge Management Systems and so on are examples of everyday business applications being run on computers.

All applications can be distilled down to two unique sections. The first section captures information and the second section stores such captured information.

In the business world, there are two types of people those who create business applications and those who use these business applications.

Strangely, it appears that these two types of people come from two totally different worlds. Quite like the catch phrase “Women are from Venus and Men are from Mars”. Yet one cannot do with out the other.

Techies, as the application developers like to call themselves seem to have little or no understanding about people who actually use their applications. They are always of the opinion that whatever they create is just perfect and must be used without compliant. Whereas, users of commercial applications always seem to be cribbing that the application never quite takes their needs into account.

To help bridge this gap I’ve listed a few principles of Graphical User Interface design I’ve used, which seems to have always (more or less) resulted in satisfied ‘Users’. Read more

October 9, 2008 | Filed Under G.U.I Design | Leave a Comment 


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