"Every day, more and more people depend upon interactive software -- applications, Web apps, mobiles, and other digital devices. When these are designed well, people are happier, safer, and more productive. Good interface design increases loyalty, reduces support costs, and can set a product head and shoulders above its competitors.

Do you want to design attractive, easy-to-use interfaces but aren't sure how? This book will help you. It captures design wisdom gleaned from many diverse sources: years of pre-Web application design, the best interactive web sites, and mobile devices such as cell phones and iPods. There are lots of good ideas out there that you can reuse. You don't need to reinvent the wheel.

Those ideas are presented here as a collection of patterns -- solutions to common design problems, tailored to the situation at hand. Each pattern contains practical design advice that you can put to use immediately, plus a variety of examples illustrated in full color. In addition, each chapter explains key concepts in interaction design and visual design. Topics include:

• Information architecture for applications
• Navigation
• Page layout
• Maps, graphs, and tables
• Forms
• Graphic editors
• Color, typography, and look-and-feel

Designing Interfaces will be a valuable resources for software developers, interaction designers, graphic designers, and everyone who creates user-facing software. Use it when you're looking for solutions, to learn a specific technique, or when you just need a little creative help."