Application window geometry specifier

Igor Korot ikorot01 at gmail.com
Wed Jan 13 22:50:07 EST 2021


Hi, David,

On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 9:24 PM David L Neil via Python-list
<python-list at python.org> wrote:
>
> On 14/01/2021 15.25, boB Stepp wrote:
> > On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 7:28 PM Chris Angelico <rosuav at 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...

Certainly not wx - because wx using native set of widgets and therefore
relies on the OS UI guidelines.

Thank you.

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