Slicer3:TranslatingBrandIntoUIDesign

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General Design Guidelines that Reinforce Slicer's Brand

Core values of the 3D Slicer software and development effort

Software associations:

• Clarity & usability
• Control & Precision
• Information richness
• Interactive & responsive
• Reliable & Trusted
• Easily extensible
• Open source & cross-platform
• Showcase for advanced research

Effort associations:

• Advancing scientific research
• Assisting treatment/therapy
• Established and long-term

Design concepts that reinforce the brand

• Clean white background
• Precise hairline around buttons, icons, menubuttons, and white background
• Black text labels where reasonable.
• Verdana is the font of choice
• All widgets have balloon help on mouse-over for clarity.