User Experience Reference

	Leopard Reference User Experience User experience encompasses the visual appearance, interactive behavior, and assistive capabilities of software. From an application's graphical user interface to its use of additional technologies such as speech recognition and speech synthesis, a cohesive and professional user experience is what Mac users have come to expect.


Getting Started A guided introduction for developers new to adopting the Mac OS X user experience.	Fundamentals Essential information for developers implementing application user interfaces.	Frameworks APIs for implementing the look and feel of Mac OS X application software.



User Experience Topics View the complete User Experience Reference List.
Accessibility The look and feel of applications when accessed through assistive technology.	Apple Applications Programming interfaces for interacting with and extending Apple applications.	Carbon C APIs for creating the look and feel of Carbon applications.



Cocoa Objective-C APIs for creating the look and feel of Cocoa applications.	Files & Software Installation Techniques for packaging and installing software.	Help Technologies Apple Help and help tags, which deliver context-sensitive help in Mac OS X.



Human Interface Device & Force Feedback Interfaces that let applications interact with user input devices.	Speech Technologies Capabilities built into Mac OS X for recognizing and speaking U.S. English.	Text & Fonts APIs for working with text strings and for rendering text typographically.



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