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  <FAI:CourseTitle FAI:level="Introduction"  FAI:code="GUIDes">
    GUI and Web Page Design
  </FAI:CourseTitle>  

  <FAI:CourseCategory>Development</FAI:CourseCategory>
  <FAI:CourseCategory>Design</FAI:CourseCategory>
  <FAI:CourseCategory>Web</FAI:CourseCategory>

  <FAI:SummaryInfo>

    <FAI:CourseDesc FAI:version="1.0" >
      This course presents 
      the DOs and DON'Ts of window and web-page design.  
      Based on a best-selling book on UI design, 
      the focus is on the principles of good design 
      and how to avoid common mistakes.
    </FAI:CourseDesc>

    <FAI:CourseDuration>
      1 Day
    </FAI:CourseDuration>

    <FAI:CourseAudience>
      User interface designers and application developers.
    </FAI:CourseAudience>

    <FAI:CourseObjectives>

      <FAI:Objective FAI:desc="Understand the principles of good user interface design" />
      <FAI:Objective FAI:desc="Avoid common mistakes that compromise applications" />
      <FAI:Objective FAI:desc="Be familiar with methodologies that encourage good GUI Design" />

    </FAI:CourseObjectives>

    <FAI:CourseSetupList>
    </FAI:CourseSetupList>    

    <FAI:CourseTextList>

      <FAI:Text FAI:title="Course Workbook" />
      <FAI:Text  FAI:title="GUI Bloopers, Jeff Johnson,  Morgan Kaufman Publishers" 
      		 FAI:link="http://www.amazon.com" />

    </FAI:CourseTextList>    

    <FAI:CoursePrerequisiteList>
    </FAI:CoursePrerequisiteList>    

  </FAI:SummaryInfo>  

  <FAI:TopicList>

    <FAI:SuperTopic FAI:title="First Principles">

      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Focus on the Users" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Consider Function First" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Conform To User's View" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Don't Complicate Tasks" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Promote Learning" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Deliver Information" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Design For Responsiveness" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Try It Out, Then Fix it" />

    </FAI:SuperTopic>

    <FAI:SuperTopic FAI:title="GUI Component Bloopers">

      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Complicating Access" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Unconventional Windows" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Misusing Controls" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Providing Faulty Feedback" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Abusing Text Fields" />

    </FAI:SuperTopic>

    <FAI:SuperTopic FAI:title="Layout and Appearance Bloopers">

      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Poor Layout" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Group Boxes and Separators" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Labels and Spacing" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Typography and Graphic Design" />

    </FAI:SuperTopic>

    <FAI:SuperTopic FAI:title="Textual Bloopers">

      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Unprofessional Writing" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Unfriendly Messages" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Misleading Window Titles" />

    </FAI:SuperTopic>

    <FAI:SuperTopic FAI:title="Interaction Bloopers">

      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Implementation Driven UI" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Poor Presentment" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Stumbling Blocks" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Diabolical Dialogs" />

    </FAI:SuperTopic>

    <FAI:SuperTopic FAI:title="Web Bloopers">

      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Web Site Structure" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Web Page Interaction" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Page Layout and Appearance" />

    </FAI:SuperTopic>

    <FAI:SuperTopic FAI:title="Responsiveness Bloopers">

      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Common Errors" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Reasons for Poor Responsiveness" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Avoiding Response Issues Through Design" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Techniques To Minimize Responsiveness Issues" />

    </FAI:SuperTopic>

    <FAI:SuperTopic FAI:title="Management Bloopers">

      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Counterproductive Attitude" />
      <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Counterproductive Process" />

    </FAI:SuperTopic>

    <FAI:Topic FAI:title="Testing Usability" />

  </FAI:TopicList>

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