Hi, David, On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 9:24 PM David L Neil via Python-list <python-list@python.org> wrote: > > On 14/01/2021 15.25, boB Stepp wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 7:28 PM Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> I love how "I think" is allowed to trump decades of usability research. > > I'm just pleased that @Chris has found love! > (not detracting from the point though) > > > > Can you recommend a good reference for someone relatively new to GUI > > programming that is based on such research? Book or web reference > > would be fine. > > Most of my training-materials (certainly in this topic) are web-based - > but the ideas are also common to Python. > > > Nielsen-Norman Group do a lot of work in UX and offer a regular > newsletter which is usually a good way to make the brain-cells work for > their living: https://www.nngroup.com/ > > eg https://www.nngroup.com/articles/usability-101-introduction-to-usability/ > > > A more applied view, courtesy of the New Zealand Government: > https://www.digital.govt.nz/standards-and-guidance/nz-government-web-standards/web-usability-standard-1-3/ > > > Some become confused between the two terms: Accessibility and Usability. > > Here's what the boss says: > https://www.w3.org/WAI/fundamentals/accessibility-usability-inclusion/ > > This article clearly explains each and then offers a comparison. > https://www.telerik.com/blogs/web-accessibility-vs-usability > > > If you really want to dig-down, I know for-sure that IBM, Microsoft, > Apple (and presumably others) have compiled style-guides about how > various GUIs should work, starting from really basic matters such as > when to use radio-buttons and when check-boxes. I can't tell you if the > gtk, qt, or wx people offer something similar...
Certainly not wx - because wx using native set of widgets and therefore relies on the OS UI guidelines. Thank you. > -- > Regards =dn > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
