Hi, i have an application with a functional and efficient UI. Looking to spice it up and make sleek and modern. You can be site & time zone independent,...
Hi folks, Most of you have probably heard about John Gruber's talk at the C4 conference, with the topic of "the HIG is dead". Here's a nice article jumping off...
I'd like to see an example of an app that follows the HIG to the letter and looks "knee-tastically ugly". It sounds like a great argument to say "you can make...
... I'm going to post about this on my blog (hopefully tomorrow), but in the meantime I suggest for all to post links to articles or posts at the end of this...
... I know audio and video was captured so hopefully it'll be on the net sooner than later. No personal connection to the processing -- I just saw then ...
There is also more to the guidelines than just aesthetics, you can have a beautiful program which is completely unusable. I agree that the HIG have gone down...
Jon Hull
jhull@...
Oct 28, 2006 9:58 pm
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John used the metaphor of the Gap clothing stores. Every shirt looks different -- but the buttons are on the side you expect them to be and they work like...
... I think that the HIG should definitely be read and understood by every developer. A lot of what is discussed in there is not just "visual prettiness" but...
Uli, ... I don't think the HIG is dead, I think it's just evolving faster than Apple can document it. I think everything that Apple is doing with iTunes,...
... Brent, you're right, if you follow the HIG to the letter, you're lost already. A good bunch of them were outdated and problematic before anyone ever used...
... I e-mailed John and he assured me it's on his plate, but obviously this takes some preparation to do right, so we'll have be patient, I guess. *starts...
... One thing, seems that lately everybody says "HIG" when they mean "the part of the HIG that describes visual appearance". As Rob Keniger said in another...
I've spent way too much time on this. I'm trying to create nice looking document icons for my product, but I can't find the plain Apple icon so I can add to...
... There was a time (a good long while ago) when Apple had a "Aqua Graphics Kit" on the ADC site. It had templates and photoshop actions for making document,...
... There seems to be an implication that "following the HIG to the letter" means not using any custom controls, which is not true. The HIG does talk about how...
... Unfortunately it only had 128x128 sizes, so I had to make my own Large and Small versions. The templates included text layers for icons that have the file...
I've still got the Aqua Icon Kit (v1.1) squirrelled away here too. Many moons ago I also put together a basic app icon which might be helpful to some, and...
... I wasn't at C4, but the way I get it is there's only so much the HIG or any HIG can say about how a UI that doesn't use checkboxes and push buttons can...
Here's one way to get it: 1) Select a file that has the generic icon. (You can get one by creating a file with an unused file extension.) 2) Bring up the "Get...
... Actually, Brent listed that as a separate bullet point, and I addressed it separately as well, so I think we're all on the same page here that neither...
Take a look in this directory: /System/Library/CoreServices/CoreTypes.bundle/Contents/Resources/ There are tons of images you can manipulate.... Dan...
... Thanks Martin, that was the first trick I tried and it resulted in a tiny icon when I created a new document from clipboard in Photoshop Elements. I didn't...
... And there's the GenericDocumentIcon.icns file I was unsuccessful in finding. There's plenty of other good stuff in there too. Thanks Dan! Peace, Kevin...
Hi, I am currently writing drag-and-drop code for an NSOutlineView. I have managed to confuse myself about the semantics of dragging multiple items. Suppose...
... I have often wondered about this too. I just quickly checked the AHIG and I don't see any advice there. I'd go with doing what the Finder does. That...
Sean McBride
sean@...
Nov 1, 2006 7:21 pm
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... I guess the arguments to be made for what the Finder does is that it maintains the integrity of whatever you drag over, and their relationships. It's also...
... But even there there are a few things that have been invalidated, e.g. the "Review Changes" panel. ... Good suggestion, IMHO. ... Yeah, though everyone...
Alastair Houghton posted an interesting GUI design question to his blog and CocoaDev.com. Since this list isn’t drowning in traffic, I thought I’d xref it...
Here's something that's not yet on the IndieHIG, and it's not (as far as I can tell) covered by Apple's HIG... Where is the proper place to add the Check for...
The Apple Human Interface Guidelines actually *do* discuss this topic in the section titled "Updating Installed Applications" within the section "Software...
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