Re:Show HN: I wrote a book about UI [pdf]
by javahippie on Friday May 21, 2021 @04:20AM
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Was it "The humane interface"? by Jef Raskin? He was heavily involved in the creation of Macintosh and the book is a great read.
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Apple has an old in-house document for UI designs, he might be referring to that one. I shall have a copy somewhere.
Re:Show HN: I wrote a book about UI [pdf]
by formerly_proven on Friday May 21, 2021 @06:29AM
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Microsoft used to have one as well (600-odd pages or so). The current one is more like $randomFrameworkDocs where they have a short page with a screenshot for a few UWP components / patterns. Before that one they had something similar for Aero, but neither is a real HIG, they're just describing components. I can't find the old one, maybe they removed it because it shames their newer products.
Documentation used to explain the philosophy and system behind the thinking.
My old HP Deskjet 500C came with a thin book(let) titled "How to Use Color". It tells all the basics and then some for effective color documents and presentations. I hold on to it like it's gonna save my life. It's that good.
Hmm, Maybe I should scan it...