The need for new application specific interface elements

• The design of user interfaces for skilled workers in professional work settings should be based on style guides that certify efficiency. Most of today's style guides and design guidelines overemphasise general aspects or aspects relevant to novices. To increase efficiency both of the design process and of the resulting interface, more domain specific interface elements should be used. This paper explains the basic ideas of such domain specific style guides and gives some examples from the health care domain.

Subject headings

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Data- och informationsvetenskap (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Computer and Information Sciences (hsv//eng)

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Psykologi -- Psykologi (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Psychology -- Psychology (hsv//eng)

Keyword

user interface

human-computer interaction

Domain Specific Style Guide; Workspace Metaphor

Interface Elements

Working Life

Informatics, computer and systems science

Informatik, data- och systemvetenskap

Cognitive science

Kognitionsforskning

Publication and Content Type

ref (subject category)

kon (subject category)