Why are there no "standard texts" on designing software interfaces? (or tell me I'm wrong?)
If you want to learn to *build* software, there are excellent and complete texts on the subject. It's not just a tech-vs-art thing: there are standard texts on type, drawing, color, etc.
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Ha, looks like I got you thinking on this the other day.
Completely agreed, I have yet to come across such a book. The one's I have seen that attempt to do this have been disappointing.
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Practicing Designers seem to be disconnected from Academia & historical examples which would provide a rich history to draw from in order to create such a book
the designers that go towards the education route seem to take on consulting and speaking more so than writing
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Yeah. "Designing the User Interface" has good coverage of the academic / historical content.
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Is this the one? goodreads.com/book/show/3447
Maybe proves my early point but haven't heard of this before now
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Yeah. There's a newer edition than that one, though.
Shneiderman in particular is a titan; his work (direct manipulation, treeviz, linked representations, hyperlink styling) has had a huge impact. Plaisant was also quite influential in infoviz, multitouch.
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