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 Goodies Overview

• Links to Design Articles and Columns on the Web
• Links on UI, Web, Graphic, and Information Design
• Links to Specific Design Topics & Useful Stuff
• Links to Style Guides
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Style Guides

Android | Apple | BlackBerry | GNOME | IBM | Microsoft | Oracle | U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

By Gerd Waloszek, SAP User Experience, SAP AG – Updated: July 5, 2012

Here were list style guides from external companies and organizations for your reference. If available, we also include links to the UX teams or at least information about them.

Please note that the links may be outdated soon.

 

Android

Developer Platform

• Developers

Designer Section

• Design

 

Apple

Developer Platform

• Developer Home

OS X

• Apple Mac OS X Human Interface Guidelines (online version; PDF version)
• User Experience Guidelines (part of it)
• Mac Dev Center (may not work)
• Mac OS X Developer Library

iOS

• Apple Mac iOS Human Interface Guidelines (online version; PDF version)
• User Experience Guidelines (part of it)
• iOS Dev Center (may not work)
• iOS Developer Library

 

BlackBerry

Smartphone Guidelines

• BlackBerry Smartphones - UI Guidelines 6.0 (online Version; PDF version)

 

GNOME

The GNOME Usability Project (Linux)

• GNOME Human Interface Guidelines 2.2 (Online version)
  (Part of the GNOME Documentation Library)

 

IBM

IBM Design Team and Resources

• Design @ IBM
  • IBM Design (Overview)
    • Design Concepts
    • Design Patterns
    • UCD Process
  • Design Gallery
  • Widget Gallery

 

Microsoft

Developer Network

• MSDN Home

Dev Center - Desktop

• Windows User Experience Interaction Guidelines
• Dev Center - Desktop Home

Dev Center - Metro Style Apps

• Designing UX for Apps
• Dev Center - Metro Style Apps Home

Dev Center - Windows Phone

• User Experience and User Interface
• Dev Center - Windows Phone

 

Oracle

• Oracle Usable Apps | Application User Experience Website
• Design Patterns and Guidelines for Oracle Applications
• Oracle's Team: The Applications User Experience Group

 

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Research-Based Web Design & Usability Guidelines

• Website (Online version)
• Entire Guidelines Book (PDF version; 21 MB)

 

 

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