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From: Georg Bauhaus <sb463ba@d2-hrz.uni-duisburg.de>
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Subject: Re: Case dependence and coding standards
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Wesley Groleau <wesgroleau@despammed.com> wrote:
: 
:> : my intuition is influenced by the empirical studies I've read on
:> : readability and human factors, as well as by the numerous
: 
: Well, the studies I've read are not right at hand
: (stashed away in boxes of paper) but I remember that
: one of the books was by Deborah J. Mayhew: Principles
: and guidelines in software user interface design
: And it did have plenty of citations.  A little old,
: but lots of good info in it.

Thanks. Interesting links from there,
http://www.acm.org/sigs/sigchi/chi97/proceedings/tutorial/djm.htm

: However, one thing about the book bothered me:
: Inside both covers were figures with captions
: about how the figure illustrated this or that
: effective use of color for this or that purpose.
: Unfortunately, some idiot at the publishing house
: decided to save money by printing them all gray scale!

The Chinese, masters of printing, frequently use but
two colors: red and black. Has worked for a long long
time. Just to mention :-)


-- Georg