- •Windows User Experience Interaction Guidelines
- •Guidelines
- •Design Principles
- •Windows User Experience Design Principles
- •How to Design a Great User Experience
- •Powerful and Simple
- •Designing with Windows Presentation Foundation
- •Controls
- •Balloons
- •Check Boxes
- •Command Buttons
- •Command Buttons vs. Links
- •Command Links
- •Drop-Down Lists and Combo Boxes
- •Group Boxes
- •Links
- •List Boxes
- •List Views
- •Progress Bars
- •Progressive Disclosure Controls
- •Radio Buttons
- •Search Boxes
- •Sliders
- •Spin Controls
- •Status Bars
- •Tabs
- •Text Boxes
- •Tooltips and Infotips
- •Tree Views
- •Commands
- •Menus
- •Menu Design Concepts
- •Toolbars
- •Ribbons
- •Program command patterns
- •Text
- •User Interface Text
- •Style and Tone
- •Messages
- •Error Messages
- •Warning Messages
- •Confirmations
- •Notifications
- •Interaction
- •Keyboard
- •Windows Keyboard Shortcut Keys
- •Mouse and Pointers
- •Touch
- •Accessibility
- •Windows
- •Window Management
- •Window Frames
- •Dialog Boxes
- •Dialog Box Design Concepts
- •Common Dialogs
- •Wizards
- •Property Windows
- •Property Window Design Concepts
- •Property Window Usage Patterns
- •Visuals
- •Layout
- •Layout Metrics
- •Fonts
- •Color
- •Icons
- •Standard Icons
- •Animations and Transitions
- •Graphic Elements
- •Sound
- •Experiences
- •Software Branding
- •Setup
- •First Experience
- •Printing
- •Windows Environment
- •Desktop
- •Start Menu
- •Taskbar
- •Notification Area
- •Windows Desktop Gadgets
- •Control Panels
- •Help
- •User Account Control
- •Visual Index
- •Glossary
“Everything is best for something and worst for something else.
The trick is knowing for what, when, for whom, and why.” —Bill Buxton
Windows User Experience Interaction Guidelines
The goals for these official Windows User Experience Interaction Guidelines for Windows® 7 and Windows Vista® (or "UX Guide" for short) are to:
●Establish a high quality and consistency baseline for all Windows-based applications.
●Answer your specific user experience questions.
●Make your job easier!
What's new
The following guidelines have been added since our last update:
● Wizards
UX Guide is downloadable and printable!
By popular demand, we have UX Guide in PDF format.
Feedback
For technical support:
●For assistance with specific tasks, try Windows Help and How-to.
●For general help and support, go to Microsoft Help and Support.
Last updated September 29, 2010
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