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What are some good usability guidelines an average developer should follow?

I'm not a usability specialist, and I really don't care to be one. I just want a small set of rules of thumb that I can follow while coding my user interfaces so that my product has decent usability. At first I thought that this question would be…
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Best Practice Guide: Swing

Does anybody know Swing related GUI guidelines - specifically on how to design Swing apps and which components I should use? I'm not looking for an official standard, but pragmatic tips I can use to set a good standard for my projects. I haven't…
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Appropriate icon for Windows 8 installer

I'm trying to figure out which icon I'm supposed to (and allowed to) ship with my installer. I'd rather not use a custom one, as many apps (including some of Microsoft's own, such as Office and Visual Studio) do these days. I want the icon to be…
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how to pass parameters to a Matlab GUI file

i am new to matlab. While working through the Matlab GUI, i faced a problem which is as follows..i want to have 2 figure files, with one figure file calling the other. i know that just by calling the name of the 2nd fig file from the first fig…
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UI Guidelines for Android Honeycomb on Tablets

The UI in Android Honeycomb is very different. I'm looking for things that have changed that would be of interest to developers. Google hasn't updated it's UI guidelines yet, so I am trying to find this stuff out by inspecting the layouts. I am…
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Microsoft Dynamics UI Guidelines

SAP provides UI Guidelines for CRM WebClient User Interface. Is there something similar for Microsoft Dynamics CRM or Microsoft Dynamics in general?
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Is there any website showcasing all of the available UI components and widgets with source code?

I was looking for something like the Visual Guide to Swing Components (Windows Look and Feel). A page that shows the Android UI components. Thanks.
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What are the mathematics behind UI aesthetics like color harmony?

I have to develop a little tool inside my project like the "Harmony color" palette in Adobe Illustrator or Kuler -- the user can select one or two color and the tool suggests a 4 or 5 "harmonized" palette based on that. Where can i find some…
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How to set vim highlight ColorColumn guideline transparency?

I have set :highlight ColorColumn ctermbg=1, but the guideline is too much dimmed. How to increase the vim guideline transparency, so I can see better which characters it has behind it? Alternatively, the setcolumn guideline could be like in…
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Windows forms - inactive highlight color

I have a ListView control with OwnerDraw = true. Sometimes my control might not be focused, but have the items selected. Which color should I use to render the selection bar? I couldn't find any guidelines for that, however, it seems that the…
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Navigation bar and Toolbar in ipad app at top of screen - apple's approval?

I have got a wire frame for ipad application, in which navigation bar and tool bars are placed on the top. And back button is placed in toolbar. Whether it violates apple's guidelines or will it be approved by apple for itunes store. Also one screen…
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UINavigationController and navigation bar with cross-hierarchy jumps

I have an iPhone UI consisting of a couple of dozen screens that are more or less hierarchical, logically speaking, but with occasional long jumps across or up and down the tree -- for instance, from the top-level screen, there's a button that will…
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Proper Guidelines for Show / Modal Presentation in iOS 13?

iOS 13, with sheets presenting for presentModally, creates a change that seems inconsistent, even with Apple's earlier example apps. I've watched WWDC's Modernizing UI for iOS 13: https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2019/224/ read…
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In XAML, what "guidelines" should I use when deciding whether or not a property should go in a style?

When writing WPF/Silverlight applications, I sometimes struggle when determining whether or not a property should go inside a style or be left directly on the element. What guidelines do you use when deciding?
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guidelines for opening safari from an iPhone app

Are there any usability guidelines around opening a website in safari from an iPhone app? Example: I have a button in my app, that when tapped takes the user to a website in safari - this closes my app and opens safari. To me, it seams kinda crappy…
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