title: Visual design for the user interface, Part 1: Design fundamentals.
abstract: Digital audiovisual media and computer-based documents will be the dominant forms of professional communication in both clinical medicine and the biomedical sciences. The design of highly interactive multimedia systems will shortly become a major activity for biocommunications professionals. The problems of human-computer interface design are intimately linked with graphic design for multimedia presentations and on-line document systems. This article outlines the history of graphic interface design and the theories that have influenced the development of today's major graphic user interfaces.
authors.affiliation: Center for Advanced Instructional Media, Yale University School of Medicine.
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Lynch
mesh_terms: D001296:Audiovisual Aids; D003196:Computer Graphics; D005246:Feedback; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008488:Medical Illustration; D013997:Time Factors; D014584:User-Computer Interface