Cross-GUI Handbook: For Multiplatform User Interface Design

A source for programmers of comparative information about the principle graphical interfaces (GUIs) currently available. Compares features, capabilities, appearance, behavior, and strengths of various GUIs. Includes design guidelines for portability and migration, and recommendations for handling conflicting or incomplete style guides. Covers GUI environments such as Microsoft Windows and Windows NT, OSF/Motif, NeXTSTEP, IBM OS/2, and Apple Macintosh. Contains numerous diagrams. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

About Aaron Marcus

Aaron Marcus is an internationally recognized authority on the design of user interfaces, interactive multimedia, and printing/publishing documents, including charts, forms, icons, and screens. He co-authored Human Factors and Typography for More Readable Programs (1990) and Graphic Design for Electronic Documents and User Interfaces (1992), both published by Addison-Wesley as ACM Press Books. Marcus received a BA in physics from Princeton University (1965) and a BFA and MFA in graphic design from Yale University Art School (1966).

About Nick Smilonich

Nick Smilonich is a chief application services architect and technologist at Unisys Corporation. He is responsible for service definitions, new technology, assessment, and standardized product architectures. He has authored papers and presented at technical forums such as FedUnix/Motif Developer conference. His current research interests include multimedia data types as graphical presentation objects. About Lynne Thompson

Lynne Thompson is a senior technical staff engineer at Unisys Corporation. She has designed and developed user interface products, and has been involved in various strategic development areas such as 4GL/CASE, computer architecture, multimedia, programming languages, and user interfaces. She has presented her work at industry user interface conferences such as FedUNIX/Motif Developers' Seminar. Her current research interests include user interface icon design and effective design and presentation of time-dependent multimedia information.

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