[IxDA Discuss] Desktop app --> Web app guidelines

[LukeW]

Hi Paul,
	Here's some of my thoughts on this topic that might be useful:

Design Considerations for Web-based Applications
http://www.lukew.com/resources/articles/web_applications.html
Though a bit dated now, this paper outlines a set of guidelines for  
web-based applications interfaces, which fuse translated client- 
application guidelines and re-purposed Web usability guidelines. At  
the least it helps make the case for why Web apps are different form  
client apps.

Here's a follow-up on that original paper titled The Difference in  
Web Applications: http://www.lukew.com/ff/entry.asp?339

Bringing Desktop Interactions Online
http://www.lukew.com/ff/entry.asp?261
As the gap between desktop and Web applications continues to close,  
interaction designs previously reserved for the OS are making their  
way online. Unfortunately, the transition is not always a smooth one.  
This points out some of the challenges of moving Desktop interactions  
to the Web.

Lastly,
Web Application Solutions: A Designer’s Guide (PDF)
http://www.lukew.com/resources/WebApplicationSolutions.pdf
A guide that helps designers, product managers, and business owners  
evaluate some of the most popular Web application presentation layer  
solutions available today (Flash, DHTML, AJAX, Java, Smart Clients,  
and more). This may be useful for deciding what front-end technology  
you should use to migrate the app to the Web. there's pros and cons  
for each.

Hope this helps, thanks~


On Aug 21, 2006, at 12:55 PM, Sherman, Paul wrote:

> "Has anyone [in the other application groups] developed guidelines  
> to bring
> their application to the web?"
>
> I told her I'd ping a few UX/IxD/UCD discussion groups.
>
> So, does anyone know of a good set of guidelines for "web-alizing"  
> a desktop
> app?


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