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General Meeting

Location: Auditorium, Library 2nd Floor
Date: Monday, July 16, 2001
Time: 7:00 to 10:00 pm
Topic: User Interface Design
Peter Vogel, PH&V Information Service
http://www.phvis.com

As far as your end users are concerned your user interface is your application. Many applications fail not because there are problems with the code but because the user interface hasn't been designed effectively. In this session you'll learn the process for creating effective UIs for business systems, the three standard patterns for form architecture, the two tactics for efficient design, and the fundamentals of using the right Windows control for the right job. Don't build interfaces that suck!

Peter Vogel (MBA, MCSD) is a principal in PH&V Information Services. PH&V specializes in system design and development for COM/COM+ based systems. Peter has designed, built, and installed intranet and component based systems for Bayer AG, Exxon, Christie Digital, and the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. He is also the editor of the Smart Access and XML Developer newsletters, wrote The Visual Basic Object and Component Handbook (Prentice Hall), and is currently working on a book on User Interface Design (APress). Peter teaches for Learning Tree International, wrote their Web application development course, is technical editor on their COM+ course, and co-developed the Internet version of their Relational Database Design course. His articles have appeared in every major magazine devoted to VB based development and in the Microsoft Developer Network libraries. Peter also presents at conferences in North America and Europe.

Files: PowerPoint slides from Peter's talk (3,670 Kb)
Peter's White Paper on Effective User Interface Design (663 Kb)


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