USER INTERFACE DESIGN

ANNA UNIVERSITY TIRUCHIRAPPALLI
Tiruchirappalli - 620 024 Regulations 2007
Syllabus B.E. COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
SEMESTER VIII (Common to CSE 8th Semester and IT 7th Semester)
USER INTERFACE DESIGN
(Common to CSE and IT)

UNIT I USER INTERFACE BASICS 8
Introduction − Importance − Human − Computer interface − Characteristics of graphics interface −
Direct manipulation graphical system − Web user interface − Popularity − Characteristic and
principles.

UNIT II INTERFACE DESIGN 10
User interface design process − Obstacles − Usability − Human characteristics in design − Human
interaction speed − Business functions − Requirement analysis − Direct − Indirect methods − Basic
business functions − Design standards − System timings − Human consideration in screen design −
Structures of menus − Functions of menus − Contents of menu − Formatting − Phrasing the menu −
Selecting menu choice − Navigating menus − Graphical menus.

UNIT III INTERFACE CHARACTERISTICS 9
Windows: Characteristics components − Presentation styles − Types − Managements − Organizations
− Operations − Web systems − Device based controls − Characteristics − Screen based controls −
Operate control − Text boxes − Selection control − Combination control − Custom control −
Presentation control.

UNIT IV WEB PRESENTATION 9
Text for web pages − Effective feedback guidance and assistance − Internationalization − Accessibility
− Icons − Image − Multimedia − Coloring.

UNIT V LAYOUT TESTING 9
Windows layout test − Prototypes − Kinds of tests − Retest − Information search − Visualization −
Hypermedia − WWW − Software tools.

Total: 45

TEXT BOOK
1. Wilbent O. Galitz, “The Essential Guide to User Interface Design”, John Wiley and Sons, 2001.

REFERENCES
1. Ben Sheiderman, “Design the User Interface”, Pearson Education, 1998.
2. Alan Cooper, “The Essential of User Interface Design”, Wiley – Dream Tech Ltd., 2002.

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