Graphic Design and Layout Bloopers
Introduction
Once you have GUI controls that are appropriate for your software and you’ve labeled them well and written any required instructions, you have to decide on presentation details: layout, colors, and text fonts. The basic principles that should guide graphic design and layout decisions in GUIs were covered in Chapter 1 (Basic Principle 7, page 41). Not following those principles usually results in certain common mistakes: “graphic design and layout” bloopers.
Graphic design and layout bloopers definitely diminish software’s perceived quality. It only takes a few to make a product look amateurish and untrustworthy. ...
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