“Everything is best for something and worst for something else.

The trick is knowing for what, when, for whom, and why.” —Bill Buxton

Windows User Experience Interaction Guidelines

The goals for these official Windows User Experience Interaction Guidelines for Windows® 7 and Windows Vista® (or "UX Guide" for short) are to:

●Establish a high quality and consistency baseline for all Windows-based applications.

●Answer your specific user experience questions.

●Make your job easier!

What's new

The following guidelines have been added since our last update:

● Wizards

UX Guide is downloadable and printable!

By popular demand, we have UX Guide in PDF format.

Feedback

For technical support:

●For assistance with specific tasks, try Windows Help and How-to.

●For general help and support, go to Microsoft Help and Support.

Last updated September 29, 2010