Section 2. General Program Considerations

This section provides ideas about items to look for, concerning the general program look and feel.

  1. Is the main program window laid out in such a manner as to present the work in a logical and easy to understand manner (work flow)?
  2. Do all viewable sections of the program fit in a minimum Windows configuration (640 X 480)?
  3. Unless the program is specifically concerned with high resolution, high color graphics, does the program support the minimum Windows color configuration of 16 colors?
  4. Can the main program window be resized to aid in user work, if necessary?
  5. Are visual cues, such as buttons with /images on them, easy to understand?
  6. Are the visual cues backed up by textual cues, such as floating hints or a help/status line?
  7. Is all text in all windows and dialogs correctly spelled?

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