Developing User Interfaces for Microsoft Windows
- Chapter 15—Keep It Simple.
- Chapter 17—Direct Manipulation Is Cool.
- Chapter 18—Appropriate Defaults Are Cool.
- Chapter 20—Previews Are Cool.
Offers tips on reducing the complexity of property sheets and dialog boxes.
Offers several techniques for implementing direct manipulation.
Describes the importance of having defaults, and presents suggestions on how to implement them. Defaults implement implicit configurability based on user actions and persistence.
Presents several techniques for previewing settings.