Recommended Reading

  • Armstrong, Strohm. "Previewing the Common Controls DLL for Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0." Microsoft Systems Journal, October 1996 and November 1996.
  • Describes the new common control features provided by Internet Explorer 4.0 and Windows 98. These features give you significant flexibility and help eliminate the need for some custom controls.

  • Howlett, Virginia. Visual Interface Design for Windows. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1996.
  • While this book doesn't directly describe the design of the Windows 95 controls, it does describe the general motivation behind many of the Windows 95 design decisions. It contains useful information if you want to understand why Windows looks the way it does.

  • Tognazzini, Bruce. Tog on Interface. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1992.
  • Chapter 36, "Case Study: One-Or-More Buttons," presents a case study on how Tognazzini designed a control that allows the user to select one or more items but not none. This case study is interesting because it shows how much effort is required for talented user interface designers to design a relatively simple interface.

  • The Designed for Microsoft Windows logo requirements.
  • The logo requirements have guidelines and recommendations for accessibility, which the standard controls satisfy.



Developing User Interfaces for Microsoft Windows
Developing User Interfaces for Microsoft Windows
ISBN: 0735605866
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2005
Pages: 334

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