General Guidelines
Desktop/Web
- Browser Support
- Windows
- Installers
- Consoles
- Dashboards
- Workspaces
- Navigation
- Forms
- Validation
- Error Messages
- Labels/Required Fields
- href="forms-inline-messaging.php">Inline Messaging
- Edit in Place
- Status/Progress Indicators
- Tab Indexes
- Input Prompts
- Selection
- Disabled Fields
- Structured Format
- Search
- Grids/Tables
- Dialog Boxes
- Modals
- SuperBox
- Wizards
- Messages
- Progressive Disclosure
- UI Controls
- UI Text (IDD)
- Data Visualization
Mobile (Tablet & Phone)
- Resolutions
- Gestures
- Touch
- UI Controls
- Buttons
- Check Boxes
- Color Picker
- Date Picker/Calendar
- Drop Down List
- Combo Box
- Groups and Separators
- Links
- List Boxes
- Progress Indicators
- Radio Buttons
- Scrollbars
- Sliders
- href="mobile-snap-drag-controls.php">Snap-Drag Controls
- Spin Controls
- Status Indicators
- Text Boxes
- Toolbars
- Screen Orientation
- Page Composition
- Display of Information
- Control and Confirmation
- Revealing More
- Widgets
- Input and Output
- Input Method Indicator
- Autocomplete and Prediction
- href="mobile-directional-entry.php">Directional Entry
- Press and Hold
- Focus and Cursors
- Input Areas
- Form Selections
- Mechanical Style Controls
- Clear Entry
- Tones
- Voice Input
- Voice Readback
- Voice Notifications
- Haptic Output
Visual Design Guidelines
Browser Support
Top Browsers to Test
- Chrome 24
- Internet Explorer 9
- Firefox 18
- Internet Explorer 8
- Chrome 25
- Firefox 19
- Android Browser
- Internet Explorer 10
- Safari 6
- Safari 5.1
- Opera 12
The top five in the above list are the most used browsers and are in order of popularity. The rest in relative order of importance, but not all statistics agree on the exact usage. If all of the above browsers are included in tests, this will account for the majority of the browsing population.
The numbers are changing as I type this, and new versions of the browsers are coming out monthly. Mobile platforms are gaining ground, and have been included in this list.
