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

From the Author:

Adventures in Digital Design
The story of digital design begins at the User Interface, the point of contact between user and a digital product. This book will take you on a journey of designing User Interfaces for hundred digital products, for desktop, web, mobile, tablets and TVs.  A progressive journey where you will see how digital design has evolved from command line interfaces, to GUIs, to Natural interfaces, to Multi Touch and to Organic User Interfaces. Along the way you will learn how the advancement in technology like capacitive touchscreens, Bluetooth, artificial intelligence and text to speech, has molded the User Interface in innovative ways and taken the digital design to a completely new level. A level where, understanding the context of the product, and their users dictates the design and success of a product is decided by user adoption. 
Steve Jobs used to say, Design is not what it looks like, Design is how it works. This book will rip open the look of digital applications and take you behind the scene. It will show you how design works for 100 different digital applications, ranging from desktop software's, widgets, adaptive web interfaces, innovative mobiles apps and Games on tablets and TVs. 
The book takes a practical approach on design principles and shows you how it can be applied in digital products. The book will guide you through designing interfaces by showing you the big picture view, listing down the design guidelines and best practices and showing real examples and point you how Design principles are successfully applied.

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.

About this edition

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