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Session
Designing for Aqua
Ivor St. John Clarke, Simple Factors

Track: UI
Date: Thursday, October 03
Time: 2:15pm - 3:00pm
Location: Bayshore
Building an Aqua user interface requires more than just pretty buttons, it requires an understanding of the design philosophies behind it. Alan Graham guides developers throught the steps of creating a successful UI:

Review

An overview/examination of the evolution of Aqua from Beta to Jaguar.

Philosophy

Overview of some of the mechanics

Interacting with the Dock

Sheets & document modality

Window layering

Icon design

Differences between Aqua and Java/*nix interfaces

SDI vs. MDI

Accessibility tools

Others?

Designing for Aqua

Focus on user tasks

Connecting user action to system response (sheets, genie effect)

Visual polish as a means rather than an end

Minimalism

Information presentation

Roundtable Discussion