User interface platform guidelines

Documentation for designing applications for specific platforms, and recommendations and principles for user interface design.

Apple Mac OS Human Interface Guidelines

Apple iOS Human Interface Guidelines

Chromium User Interface Design Guidelines

Eclipse User Interface Guidelines

GNOME Human Interface Guidelines

Google Android Design

See also: UI Guidelines

Google Cardboard Design

Google Cast (Chromecast) UX Guidlines

Google Glass Design

Google Material Design

KDE Visual Design Group/HIG

Microsoft Fluent Design

Microsoft Surface User Experience Guidelines

Microsoft Windows Desktop Application Design Guidelines

Oculus VR UI Guidelines

U.S. Web Design System

Usability Heuristics for User Interface Design

Usability.gov Usability Guidelines

You may also be interested in Design Pattern Libraries and UI Galleries.

By Mike Angeles
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