Digital Design Essentials: 100 Ways to Design Better Desktop, Web, and Mobile Interfaces - Hardcover

Lal, Rajesh

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1592538037 ISBN 13: 9781592538034

Publisher: Rockport Publishers, 2013

Synopsis

Digital Design Essentials takes a practical, highly accessible approach to creating graphical user interface designs for desktop, mobile, and touch screen devices. Written by an expert in the realm of digital design, this comprehensive, step-by-step guide demonstrates how to apply design principles in a variety of desktops, web pages, mobile devices and other touchscreens. Filled with straightforward strategies in a visual format, it's an essential volume for any designer working in the digital realm. Book resources can be found at DesignUserInterface.com 

Here is the Table of contents, a list of User Interface covered in the book along with their architecture, design guidelines, best practices, tips for better user experience, and case studies for each.

Desktop

1. User Interface (Human Computer Interface)
2. Command Line Interface
3. WIMP Interface
4. Graphical User Interface (GUI)
5. Photo Editor
6. Image Manager
7. Desktop Explorer
8. Assistant/Software Wizard
9. Integrated Development Environment (IDE)
10. Media Player
11. Desktop Widget/Gadget
12. Dashboard/Scorecards
13. Instant Messenger (IM)
14. Chat Room
15. Video Chat
16. Interactive Voice Response (IVR) System
17. Direct User Interface
18. 3D User Interface
19.  Metro UI/Modern UI
20. Skeuomorphic Design/Faux Real UI

Web

1. Web User Interface (WUI)
2. Accessible Web
3. Website
4. Homepage
5. Personal Website
6. Single-Page Website
7. Blog
8. Blogger Template
9. WordPress Theme
10. Catalog
11. Product Page
12. Shopping Cart
13. Checkout
14.  User Account/Registration
15. Login
16. User Profile
17. Online Forums
18. Comment Thread
19. Sitemap
20. Resource Center/Help Center
21. Knowledgebase (KB)
22. Wiki
23. Online Surveys
24. Rating App
25. Rich Internet Application (RIA)
26. Web Widget
27. Book Widget
28. Banner Ad
29. Web Slideshow
30. HTML5 App
31. Zooming User Interface (ZUI)
32. Task Tracking System
33. Content Management System (CMS)
34. Ajax Web Application
35. Social Design
36. Search Engine Optimized (SEO) Web Page
37. Web 2.0 User Interface Design
38. Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) Design
39. Infographics Design
40. Adaptive User Interface

Mobile

1. Mobile Phone App
2. Mobile Web App
3. Hybrid App
4. Mobile Website
5. Information App
6. Mobile Utility App
7. Lifestyle App
8. Address Book
9. Camera App
10. Photo App
11. Mobile Game App
12. Location Aware App
13. Branded App
14. Consumer Service App
15. Augmented Reality App
16. Bluetooth App
17. Near Field Communication (NFC) App
18. Mobile Ads
19. Mobile Commerce
20. Mobile Search
21. Mobile Home Screen
22. Touch User Interface
23. Multi-Touch User Interface
24. Accessible Touch User Interface
25. Gesture-Based User Interface
26. Pen-Based Interface
27. Mobile Clock App
28. World Clock App
29. Mashup App
30. Voice User Interface

Miscellaneous

1. 10-Foot User Interface
2. Games UI
3. Welcome Email
4. Email Marketing Campaign
5. Email Newsletter
6. E-zine
7. Natural User Interface
8. Natural Language Interface
9. Intelligent User Interface
10. Organic User Interface

Every Interface is illustrated with multiple case studies of popular desktop, web and mobile applications which show cases the User Interface guidelines.

About this title

About the Author

Raj Lal is an internationally recognized digital product leader who has designed and developed software used by millions of people. He has spent more than a decade designing UIs and had contributed to more than 50 desktop, web, and mobile applications. He is also popular for his books, on desktop, web and mobile devices. More information on him can be found at iRajLal.com. Other resources for the book can be found at DesignUserInterface.com. He tweets at @iRajLal

From the Back Cover

Jacket Copy

Digital Design Essential

Whether dashboard software or a single-page website, a location-aware mobile app or a 10-foot TV interface, digital design is the tip of the iceberg; the actual design is not how it looks but how it works. Dive deep into the workings of one hundred popular desktop, Web, mobile, and TV user interfaces.

Digital Design Essentials is a comprehensive, cross-disciplinary encyclopedia of user interface design. Richly illustrated and easy to navigate, it includes architectural views of the application, best practices and design guidelines, tips for creating a great user experience, along with live examples. Every major user interface concept is defined and illustrated for readers, including command line, "WIMP," metro UI, Skeuomorphic design, accessible web interface, e-commerce, zooming user interface, Infographic design, adaptive interface, mobile lifestyle apps, voice interface, and intelligent user interface.

Learn best practices, design guidelines and pointers for creating a compelling user experience.

Digital Design Essentials provides the experienced designer with an understanding of application design and user interfaces. Raj Lal points out the different components affecting the user experience and design principles applicable in an array of application interfaces, enabling the reader to understand the inner working of the application, plan key features, apply design guidelines, and choose the best practices instead of reinventing the wheel.

Digital Design Essentials:

• Provides a comprehensive guide to user interface design
• Explains the know-how necessary to understand the application interface
• Points out components affecting the user's experience of the application
• Provides user interface design guidelines and best practices for design
• Illustrates concepts with a case study for each essential, using real-life examples

Digital Design Essentials is an invaluable resource for graphic artists, UI designers, UX gurus, Web designers, RIA, mobile, and device developers.

From the Inside Flap

The book will give designer a practical advice on developing a rich user interface for everyday ad-hoc applications and help in their daily job with practical advices, illustrations and case studies. The book has practical principles and guidelines. It talks about how those design principles can be applied to digital products.

• One GUI guidelines at a time
• Include case studies for solution for Desktop, Mobile, Web, Tablets and TVs
• Architecture view of the Digital products
• Design Guidelines for creating GUIs
• Best practices for designing the user interfaces
• Includes current trends in Digital design

Following are the current trends in design included but not limited to:

• Accessible Interface
• Skeuomorphic vs. Modern UI
• Voice UI and Text to Speech
• One page Website design
• Ajax, RIA, and Ecommerce design
• Mobile Native, Hybrid and Web App
• 10 Foot User Interface and Zoom UI
• Natural and Organic User Interface

Edition details

• Publisher: Rockport Publishers
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1592538037
• ISBN 13: 9781592538034
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 208