Java™ Look and Feel Design Guidelines: Advanced Topics (Java Series) - Softcover

Sun Microsystems Inc.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0201775824 ISBN 13: 9780201775822

Publisher: Addison Wesley, 2001

Synopsis

This book brings together advanced guidelines and techniques for building exceptionally effective user interfaces with Java technology. Building on the insights presented in Java Look and Feel Design Guidelines, Second Edition, this book focuses on several key opportunities to enhance Java user interfaces, and draws upon brand-new user analyses by Sun Microsystems' Java Look and Feel Design Group. The authors begin with in-depth coverage of Java windows, including techniques for choosing the right window type, designing window elements, setting state, and handling multiple windows. In a detailed chapter on menus, they show how to design menu elements, common, and contextual menus; and assign mnemonics and keyboard shortcuts. The book demonstrates how to control key aspects of application behavior, including addressing modes, filtering, searching, and tool tips. A chapter on idioms shows how to use sets of JFC components to standardize appearance and behavior. Readers will find practical techniques for improving responsiveness and providing more useful operational feedback. For every Java developer, software engineer, usability specialist, and manager responsible for developing or commissioning Java software.

About this title

About the Author

The Java Look and Feel Design Group at Sun Microsystems creates interface standards that enable designers and developers to build outstanding human interfaces with the Java programming language.

From the Back Cover

Java Look and Feel Design Guidelines Advanced Topics provides advanced design guidelines for user interfaces based on the Java Foundation Classes (JFC) with the Java look and feel. This book augments the award-winning Java Look and Feel Design Guidelines, 2nd ed.

Java Look and Feel Design Guidelines, Advanced Topics describes how to:

• Choose the right type of window for each user task
• Organize menus logically, especially in applications with multiple windows
• Enable users to view, search, and work with large sets of objects
• Make your application easier to learn by reusing patterns of JFC components
• Make your application seem faster to users even when you cannot increase its actual speed
• Design wizards that are efficient for new and experienced users
• Display alarms in applications that manage or monitor systems, such as networks or large computer systems

Created by a team of user interface experts at Sun Microsystems, Inc., this timely book provides many useful guidelines for improving consistency and efficiency in applications that use the Java look and feel. By following these guidelines, you can create user interfaces with the flexibility, usability, and efficiency you need.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Addison Wesley
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0201775824
• ISBN 13: 9780201775822
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 200