1. Style guidelines Teppo Räisänen School of Information and Management
Oulu university of applied sciences

2. 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

3. 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)

4. Style guidelines Style guides usually describe issues like
User interface (buttons, menus)
Text/colors
Navigation
Input/output