NeXTstep User Interface Guide _______________________________________________________________________________

The accompanying file, UIGuide.tar.Z, contains a draft version of the user interface (UI)
guidelines for NeXTstep applications.  This draft is based on chapter 2 of the "NeXTstep
Concepts" manual, but has been updated to include the new guidelines and other changes for
2.0.  It has also been reorganized to be clearer about what parts of the UI a designer or
developer must worry about, as opposed to the parts that are available "for free" from the
Application Kit and Interface Builder.  Some new information has been added, such as how to
choose the most appropriate control. 

Chapters 2 and 8 are incomplete (as noted in the files 2_Design.rtfd and 8_GraphicDesign.rtf).



Contents
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UIGuide.tar.Z is 1.13 megabytes in size.  After you unarchive the contents, the guide
occupies 5.14 megabytes and consists of these documents:


======= File ========       ================== Description ==================
TableOfContents.rtf			A detailed table of contents*
1_VisualGuide.rtfd/			General introduction to the NeXTstep UI
2_Design.rtfd/				Info needed for designing an application
3_Mouse.rtfd/				How the keyboard and mouse should work
4_Window.rtfd/				How windows work; details about "standard" windows
5_Panel.rtfd/				Using panels; standard panels
6_Menu.rtfd/				Using menus; standard menus
7_Control.rtfd/				Using our controls; designing new ones
8_GraphicDesign.rtf			Conventions for the UI's appearance
9_File.rtf					Creating and naming files and folders

* The page numbers given in the table of contents are somewhat useless, since these files
aren't paginated.  Still, they might help you determine the relative location of a section.



Your Help, Please
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We in NeXT Publications have two goals in releasing drafts of documentation through archive
sites.  First, this method allows us to distribute information to you in a more timely manner,
shortcutting some of the editorial and production time that would otherwise be required before
release.  (This implies, however, that these documents will be less polished than they would
be in a normal release--we ask your indulgence.)  Second, we hope to receive feedback that
will help us improve the documentation before it's released in its final form. 

If you have suggestions or bug reports relating to this guide, please send me email at
kathy_walrath@next.com.  If you have comments, suggestions, or bug reports about other
documentation, Interface Builder, the Application Kit, or other aspects of NeXTstep, please
direct them to bug_next@next.com. 


Thanks,
Kathy Walrath
NeXT Publications