Auto Outlines — GUI Design
Beware of Automatic! If you’re doing something automatically for the user, then you’d better make it easy for them to…
Who’s Offline? — GUI Usability
If you’re showing status of any type, make sure that it is not misleading. No icon or status text should…
Password Protected — GUI Design
These days, most browser applications attempt to make things easier by offering to remember passwords for specific URLs and entering…
Auto Advance (Revisited) — GUI Design
Here is an example of a form that does exactly what I suggested was the correct implementation: The correct time…
[Alt]+[Tab] — GUI Design
Always keep your application name first in the title bar. Don’t change your window icon (or at least consider superimposing…
Remember Me (Revisited) — GUI Design
Well done! Thank you for fixing this (whether you got the idea from this blog or not).
Too Many Tabs — GUI Design
Don’t ever move a control when it is clicked, such as a tab to a new row (I guess that…
Navigation — GUI Design
If tabs are used to navigate to a new panel, then those same tabs should display the current location. Bouncing…
Auto Advance — GUI Design
If your form is going to automatically advance during keyboard entry, then allow keystrokes to get back, including [Backspace] and…
Spin Controls — GUI Design
Don’t provide a text box by itself when a spin control would be helpful, and then always implement keyboard arrow…