GUI Design

1. Usability

1.1. Components

1.1.1. Learnability

1.1.2. Efficiency

1.1.3. Memorability

1.1.4. Errors

1.1.5. Satisfaction

1.2. Jacob Neilsen

1.2.1. 10 Web Design errors

1.2.2. ROI

1.3. Testing

2. Actual Design

2.1. sketches

2.2. wire frames

2.3. "actual" web pages with "linkage"

2.3.1. Danger: not done

2.4. tools

2.4.1. EasyPrototype

3. Guidelines

3.1. OS

3.1.1. Change per major release

3.1.2. Windows

3.1.3. OS X

3.1.4. iPhone

3.2. Framework

3.2.1. Eclipse

3.2.2. GNOME

3.2.3. KDE

3.2.4. SWING

3.3. Web

3.3.1. frameworks/tool sets

3.3.2. guidelines discussed

3.3.3. browser dependency

3.3.3.1. use this browser

3.3.3.2. lowest common denominator

3.3.3.3. graceful degradation

4. Personas

4.1. Fictional Characters

4.1.1. represented different user types

4.1.2. name

4.1.3. paragraphs descriptions

4.2. Used for design process

4.2.1. skills

4.2.2. motivations

4.2.3. tasks

4.2.4. satisfaction metrics

4.3. Used at implementation

4.3.1. resolve ambiguity

4.3.2. fill in detail