Abstract: A survey was conducted of people who had received a report on guidelines for designing user interface software. Analysis of questionnaire responses indicates that design guidelines are generally considered useful, but that there are significant problems in the practical application of guidelines. For effective application, generally stated guidelines must be translated into system-specific design rules.

Keywords: Design; Evaluation; Guidelines; Software development; Survey

Originally published: Proceedings of the Human Factors Society 29th Annual Meeting, 1985, pp. 946-949

Republished: G. Perlman, G. K. Green, & M. S. Wogalter (Eds.) Human Factors Perspectives on Human-Computer Interaction: Selections from Proceedings of Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meetings, 1983-1994, Santa Monica, CA: HFES, 1995, pp. 34-37.