Style guidelines Teppo Räisänen School of Information and Management Oulu university of applied sciences
Style guidelines Applications today are usually build with a team of tens or hundreds members Style guides are used to provide a consistent look and feel They should be defined as part of usability requirements Should be monitored during development
Style guidelines Heuristics are high level guides E.g. Nielsen’s heuristics should always be followed Style guides can be designed e.g. For a product family (Nokia S60 phones) For a operating system (Windows/OS X)
Style guidelines Style guides usually describe issues like User interface (buttons, menus) Text/colors Navigation Input/output