Hi, Rein. Grids have a history of useful application long before the web was invented and yes, they are applicable to application interfaces as well as web pages.
Their advantage is that they reduce the number of alignment points, thereby avoiding visual clutter and increasing consistency. You suggest that application dialogs are not laid out in columns, but in fact all but the most trivial interfaces have more than one vertical alignment point (and therefore, multiple columns). Have a look at some well-designed applications and you will usually see that a grid has been used, albeit in not such an obvious way as with a web page. Regards, William Hudson Syntagm Ltd Design for Usability UK 01235-522859 World +44-1235-522859 US Toll Free 1-866-SYNTAGM mailto:[email protected] http://www.syntagm.co.uk skype:williamhudsonskype Syntagm is a limited company registered in England and Wales (1985). Registered number: 1895345. Registered office: 10 Oxford Road, Abingdon OX14 2DS. Confused about dates in interaction design? See our new study (free): http://www.syntagm.co.uk/design/datesstudy.htm 12 UK mobile phone e-commerce sites compared! Buy the report: http://www.syntagm.co.uk/design/uxbench.shtml Courses in card sorting and Ajax interaction design. London, Las Vegas and Berlin: http://www.syntagm.co.uk/design/csadvances.shtml http://www.syntagm.co.uk/design/ajaxdesign.shtml > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Rein Groot > Sent: 29 July 2009 02:06 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [IxDA Discuss] Do grid systems also apply to application > interfaces? > ... ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [email protected] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
