Comments on: The Gaui (Rhymes with Maui) Test Heuristic http://www.techdarkside.com/the-gaui-rhymes-with-maui-test-heuristic Struggles of a Self-Taught Coder Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: David Christiansen http://www.techdarkside.com/the-gaui-rhymes-with-maui-test-heuristic/comment-page-1#comment-15618 David Christiansen Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:43:51 +0000 http://www.techdarkside.com/the-gaui-rhymes-with-maui-test-heuristic#comment-15618 I think you're right Aaron, at least for now. I believe this will be less and less true as open source applications and web applications become more dominant. I think you’re right Aaron, at least for now. I believe this will be less and less true as open source applications and web applications become more dominant.

]]> By: Aaron Hodder http://www.techdarkside.com/the-gaui-rhymes-with-maui-test-heuristic/comment-page-1#comment-15614 Aaron Hodder Mon, 07 Apr 2008 01:31:22 +0000 http://www.techdarkside.com/the-gaui-rhymes-with-maui-test-heuristic#comment-15614 Don't get m wrong, I 100% agree, and I base my user expectations on what things look like in MS Office etc. It just seems ironic that we are basing our design choices around closed source, proprietary software Don’t get m wrong, I 100% agree, and I base my user expectations on what things look like in MS Office etc. It just seems ironic that we are basing our design choices around closed source, proprietary software

]]> By: Catherine Powell http://www.techdarkside.com/the-gaui-rhymes-with-maui-test-heuristic/comment-page-1#comment-15600 Catherine Powell Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:59:15 +0000 http://www.techdarkside.com/the-gaui-rhymes-with-maui-test-heuristic#comment-15600 When I first read this, I read it as "GAUI" like "OWIE!". It makes this particular example really funny. As for practical matters, I've worked in several places that have taken as their style guide the guide used by a major systems publisher: the Apple Style Guide or the Windows Style Guide (depending on which OS you're going to run on). For reference: - Windows XP Style Guide (http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/System/platform/pcdesign/XPguidelines.mspx) - Apple Style Guide (http://developer.apple.com/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/OSXHIGuidelines/XHIGIntro/chapter_1_section_1.html) - Catherine When I first read this, I read it as “GAUI” like “OWIE!”. It makes this particular example really funny.

As for practical matters, I’ve worked in several places that have taken as their style guide the guide used by a major systems publisher: the Apple Style Guide or the Windows Style Guide (depending on which OS you’re going to run on).

For reference:
– Windows XP Style Guide (http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/System/platform/pcdesign/XPguidelines.mspx)
- Apple Style Guide (http://developer.apple.com/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/OSXHIGuidelines/XHIGIntro/chapter_1_section_1.html)

- Catherine

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