[News] Microsoft Tells Developers, Not Only Manufacturers, How to Build and Design
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Microsoft Vista User Interface Guidelines Published
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| "Microsoft has published the preliminary Official User Interface
| Guidelines for Windows Vista. Highlights include Top 12 Rules for the
| Windows Vista User Experience ? and the use of screenshots from Windows XP
| as examples of what not to do. The full guidelines are as yet incomplete,
| but what is there makes for interesting reading."
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http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/09/23/0551208&from=rss
Related:
Microsoft ships "Vista Industrial Design Toolkit" to PC manufacturers
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| The toolkit, which is delivered free of charge, contains a whole host
| of suggestions about how to build a PC that will fit with the look and
| style of Windows Vista. From color palettes to suggestions about how
| the power and reset buttons should appear, the kit basically
| describes Microsoft's vision of what a "Vista PC" should look like.
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060731-7391.html
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