mjohnson@Apple.COM (Mark B. Johnson) (02/06/90)
The first six Apple Human Interface Notes are now available for FTP
from Apple.com (130.43.2.2). They cover:
1 - User Observation: Guidelines for Apple Developers
2 - Design Principles for On-Line Help Systems
3 - Dueling Metaphors: the Desktop & HyperCard
4 - Movable Modal Dialog Boxes
5 - What "Cancel" Means
6 - Window Positions
and are in BinHex/StuffIt format (MacWrite files). These Notes are
updates to the _Human Interface Guidelines_ and will be released
on a similar schedule to Technical Notes (hopefully every other month).
Look in the ~ftp/pub/dts/human.interface directory and at trusty archive
sites all over the Internet in the near future. Send your comments and
suggestions to MacInterface@AppleLink.Apple.com.
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- Richard Bach, _One_rlw@ttardis.UUCP (Ron Wilson) (02/07/90)
In article <38378@apple.Apple.COM>, mjohnson@Apple.COM (Mark B. Johnson) writes: > >The first six Apple Human Interface Notes are now available for FTP >from Apple.com (130.43.2.2). They cover: > ..... > >and are in BinHex/StuffIt format (MacWrite files). These Notes are >updates to the _Human Interface Guidelines_ and will be released >on a similar schedule to Technical Notes (hopefully every other month). >-- >Mark B. Johnson AppleLink: mjohnson Considering that these are also applicable to the IIgs, why not have these (also) in plain ASCII format? I mean, not every one can afford a Mac. (PS: I do my development on an IBM PC compatable and then do the compiles on my IIgs) - Ron Wilson
boissier@irisa.irisa.fr (franck boissiere,externes ) (02/07/90)
From article <38378@apple.Apple.COM>, by mjohnson@Apple.COM (Mark B. Johnson): > The first six Apple Human Interface Notes are now available for FTP > from Apple.com (130.43.2.2). They cover: > > 1 - User Observation: Guidelines for Apple Developers > 2 - Design Principles for On-Line Help Systems > 3 - Dueling Metaphors: the Desktop & HyperCard > 4 - Movable Modal Dialog Boxes > 5 - What "Cancel" Means > 6 - Window Positions > As usual for users without FTP access we'd love to see them in the comp.mac.binaries newsgroup. Would someone post the Q&A stack and the TechNotes Stack in the c.m.b newsgroup. Franck BOISSIERE boissier@irisa.irisa.fr Prototyping Lab Manager boissier@ccettix.UUCP C.C.E.T.T. B.P. 59 boissier%irisa.irisa.fr@uunet.uu.net 35512 CESSON SEVIGNE CEDEX FRANCE
nicholaA@batman.moravian.EDU (Andy Nicholas) (02/09/90)
In article <38378@apple.Apple.COM>, mjohnson@Apple.COM (Mark B. Johnson) writes: > The first six Apple Human Interface Notes are now available for FTP > from Apple.com (130.43.2.2). They cover: [ lots of nifty stuff covered ] > and are in BinHex/StuffIt format (MacWrite files). Why? Those of us who use Apple II's use a standard archive program called (interestingly enough) 'ShrinkIt' - not 'StuffIt'. This program has versions which work all the way down to the Apple II+. If you need a copy, I will be glad to send you one. Also, as long as the stuff is archived in MacWrite format, they are very much unusable to those of us who have Apple II's (even if they weren't already encoded by StuffIt). It would be exceedingly helpful if someone at Apple.COM would put the HIG technotes in plain 'ol TEXT format.. then those of us who still (believe it or not) support the Apple II and IIGS can read the Human Interface Technotes. I realize, also, that these technotes probably have many illustrations in them, but often the raw text of what was said is worth reading... And, in my opinion, we Apple II programmers are probably the ones who need to read and apply the Human Interface Guidelines (and notes) the most. If you want us to read them, please put them in a format we can handle. Thanks... :-) andy BTW, this was not a flame.. it was just pointing about something that may need to be changed. -- Yeah!