Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Layout and organization of the elements in UI

from "Patterns for effective interaction design" Designing Interfaces by Jennifer Tidwell

Most applications are organized according to one or more of the following approaches. Some use nouns and some use verbs.
(1) list of objects. eg: inbox full of emails
(2) list of actions or tasks. eg: browse, buy, sell, sell or register
(3) list of subject categories. eg: health, science, tech
(4) list of tools. eg: calender, address book, notepad

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