Learning About Silicon Graphics User Interface Style

Learning About Silicon Graphics User Interface Style

Silicon Graphics provides user interface style guidelines for developers of software products used on Silicon Graphics workstations. The Silicon Graphics User Interface Guidelines describes these style guidelines. Its purpose is to help you create products that are consistent with other applications and that integrate seamlessly into the Indigo Magic desktop environment.

The guidelines cover these areas:

The design of icons for your application programs and files--they should be meaningful and behave appropriately in response to user actions.
The appearance of your application's windows and the expected behavior these windows should support--such as when users should be able to size, move, and minimize windows.
The individual components of your desktop interface, such as menus, controls, dialogs, and use of color.