About the Book:Provides a practical reference for programmers and interface designers developing software to run on a range of platforms. These platforms include the most commmon graphical user interfaces (GUIs) – Microsoft Windows and Windows NT, IBM presentation manager, NEXTStep and Apple Macintosh 7.0. A comparison of features in each of the GUIs is provided.About the Author: About Aaron Marcus Aaron Marcus is an internationally recognized authority on the design of user interfaces, interactive multimedia, and printing/publishing documents, including charts, forms, icons, and screens. He co-authored Human Factors and Typography for More Readable Programs (1990) and Graphic Design for Electronic Documents and User Interfaces (1992), both published by Addison-Wesley as ACM Press Books. Marcus received a BA in physics from Princeton University (1965) and a BFA and MFA in graphic design from Yale University Art School (1966). About Nick Smilonich Nick Smilonich is a chief application services architect and technologist at Unisys Corporation. He is responsible for service definitions, new technology, assessment, and standardized product architectures. He has authored papers and presented at technical forums such as FedUnix/Motif Developer conference. His current research interests include multimedia data types as graphical presentation objects. About Lynne Thompson Lynne Thompson is a senior technical staff engineer at Unisys Corporation. She has designed and developed user interface products, and has been involved in various strategic development areas such as 4GL/CASE, computer architecture, multimedia, programming languages, and user interfaces. She has presented her work at industry user interface conferences such as FedUNIX/Motif Developers’ Seminar. Her current research interests include user interface icon design and effective design and presentation of time-dependent multimedia information. 0201575922AB04062001