Style guides and their application: The case of Microsoft 'Windows' and a remote tutoring environment
Style guides and their application: The case of Microsoft 'Windows' and a remote tutoring environment
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风格指南及其应用：以微软“Windows”和远程辅导环境为例
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10.1080/014492997119996
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1997
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M. Colbert
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作者：
M. Colbert
图形用户界面样式的应用受到“样式指南”的支持——这些书籍权威地指定了一组基本的应用程序控件（界面对象）和用户输入方法，并建议何时以及如何使用这些控件和输入方法。风格指南通常作为鼓励一致性和重用的资源来呈现。本文报告了最近的一个项目，该项目应用了 Microsoft“Windows”风格作为事实上的标准，而不是资源。以这种方式应用该样式，是为了向潜在客户提供（某种）可用性的保证。该项目取得了成功，因为在可用性试验中，Windows 重新设计的远程辅导环境在关键方面优于以前的按钮设计。然而，事后看来，Windows 的重新设计也变得不必要的复杂，因为该项目对样式合规性的看法有些误导。如果样式要用作事实上的标准，那么建议项目......
The application of Graphical User Interface styles is supported by 'style guides'- books which authoritatively specify a basic set of application controls (interface objects) and user input methods, and which advise when and how to use these controls and input methods. Style guides are typically presented as resources that encourage consistency and re-use. This paper reports a recent project which applied the Microsoft 'Windows' style as a de facto standard, rather than a resource. The style was applied in this manner, to offer potential customers a guarantee of usability (of a kind). The project was a success, in that the Windows re-design of a remote tutoring environment out-performed the previous, push button design in key respects in a usability trial. However, with the benefit of hindsight, the Windows re-design was also unnecessarily complex, because the project's view of style compliance was somewhat misleading. If styles are to be used as de facto standards, then it is suggested that projects are ...