On 14/01/2021 15.25, boB Stepp wrote: > On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 7:28 PM Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I love how "I think" is allowed to trump decades of usability research.
I'm just pleased that @Chris has found love! (not detracting from the point though) > Can you recommend a good reference for someone relatively new to GUI > programming that is based on such research? Book or web reference > would be fine. Most of my training-materials (certainly in this topic) are web-based - but the ideas are also common to Python. Nielsen-Norman Group do a lot of work in UX and offer a regular newsletter which is usually a good way to make the brain-cells work for their living: https://www.nngroup.com/ eg https://www.nngroup.com/articles/usability-101-introduction-to-usability/ A more applied view, courtesy of the New Zealand Government: https://www.digital.govt.nz/standards-and-guidance/nz-government-web-standards/web-usability-standard-1-3/ Some become confused between the two terms: Accessibility and Usability. Here's what the boss says: https://www.w3.org/WAI/fundamentals/accessibility-usability-inclusion/ This article clearly explains each and then offers a comparison. https://www.telerik.com/blogs/web-accessibility-vs-usability If you really want to dig-down, I know for-sure that IBM, Microsoft, Apple (and presumably others) have compiled style-guides about how various GUIs should work, starting from really basic matters such as when to use radio-buttons and when check-boxes. I can't tell you if the gtk, qt, or wx people offer something similar... -- Regards =dn -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list