Evaluating guidelines for writing user interface text

Authors:
P. J. Schemenaur;Catherine Pawlick
Affiliations:
Sun Microsystems: Inc., Menlo Park, CA;Sun Microsystems: Inc., St. Petersburg, Russian Fed.
Venue:
SIGDOC '07 Proceedings of the 25th annual ACM international conference on Design of communication
Year:
2007

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Abstract

This paper explains the process of developing user interface text style guidelines and evaluates the applicability and usefulness of having guidelines for user interface (UI) developers. The paper also discusses the effectiveness of the book model for documentation and how writers and editors can positively impact the user interface process.