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===Design concepts that reinforce the brand=== | ===Design concepts that reinforce the brand=== | ||
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* Clean white background | * Clean white background | ||
* Precise hairline around buttons, icons, menubuttons, and white background | * Precise hairline around buttons, icons, menubuttons, and white background | ||
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* Verdana is the font of choice, if GUI toolkit permits (can compromise on this for usability issues). | * Verdana is the font of choice, if GUI toolkit permits (can compromise on this for usability issues). | ||
| − | Acknowledgement: | + | '''Acknowledgement:''' |
* Provide space for acknowledgement for any software module within the module. | * Provide space for acknowledgement for any software module within the module. | ||
* Preserve the footprint of space beside Slicer's logo, and do not include other logos here. | * Preserve the footprint of space beside Slicer's logo, and do not include other logos here. | ||
| − | Optimize readability: | + | '''Optimize readability:''' |
* Where possible, multiple pop-up interfaces should be avoided; this can lead to clutter. | * Where possible, multiple pop-up interfaces should be avoided; this can lead to clutter. | ||
* Functionality in module interfaces should be clearly and cleanly grouped | * Functionality in module interfaces should be clearly and cleanly grouped | ||
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General Design Guidelines that Reinforce Slicer's Brand
Core values of the 3D Slicer software and development effort
Software associations:
- Clarity & usability
- Control & Precision
- Information richness
- Interactive & responsive
- Reliable & Trusted
- Easily extensible
- Open source & cross-platform
- Showcase for advanced research
Effort associations:
- Advancing scientific research
- Assisting treatment/therapy
- Established and long-term
Design concepts that reinforce the brand
Appearance:
- Clean white background
- Precise hairline around buttons, icons, menubuttons, and white background
- Black text labels where reasonable.
- Either consistently use custom checkbuttons or radiobuttons (for cross-platform consistency), or do not use custom checkbuttons or radiobuttons anywhere. see:
- Verdana is the font of choice, if GUI toolkit permits (can compromise on this for usability issues).
Acknowledgement:
- Provide space for acknowledgement for any software module within the module.
- Preserve the footprint of space beside Slicer's logo, and do not include other logos here.
Optimize readability:
- Where possible, multiple pop-up interfaces should be avoided; this can lead to clutter.
- Functionality in module interfaces should be clearly and cleanly grouped
- Where possible, group functionality in collapsible frames, so a user can hide unused elements
- The highest level of functionality grouping should be visually dominant (e.g. "Input", "Parameters", "Display", "Results")
- A secondary level of functionality grouping should be more subtle, and visually distinct from the highest level.
- The density of widgets should be carefully considered. Widget packing should provide enough space to maintain readability, yet compact enough to minimize the need for scrolling.
- All widgets have balloon help on mouse-over for clarity.
