GNOME Human Interface Guidelines
E745765
GNOME project documentation
human–computer interaction guideline
software design guideline
usability guideline
The GNOME Human Interface Guidelines are a set of design principles and recommendations that guide the look, feel, and behavior of applications in the GNOME desktop environment to ensure consistency and usability.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| GNOME Human Interface Guidelines canonical | 6 |
| GNOME 2 HIG | 1 |
| GNOME 3 HIG | 1 |
| GNOME 40+ HIG | 1 |
| GNOME HIG | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8609018 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: GNOME Human Interface Guidelines Context triple: [GNOME Core Applications, userInterface, GNOME Human Interface Guidelines]
-
A.
GNOME Core Applications
GNOME Core Applications are the default suite of essential, tightly integrated desktop programs designed to provide a consistent user experience within the GNOME desktop environment.
-
B.
Material Design guidelines
Material Design guidelines are Google’s comprehensive design system that defines visual, motion, and interaction principles for creating consistent, intuitive user interfaces across platforms and devices.
-
C.
GTK (for graphical interface)
GTK is a widely used open-source toolkit for creating graphical user interfaces, particularly on Linux and other Unix-like operating systems.
-
D.
GNOME desktop environment
The GNOME desktop environment is a popular, user-friendly and modern graphical desktop interface for Unix-like operating systems, emphasizing simplicity, accessibility, and integration.
-
E.
GNOME Control Center
GNOME Control Center is the main settings application for the GNOME desktop environment, providing a centralized interface to configure system and desktop preferences.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: GNOME Human Interface Guidelines Target entity description: The GNOME Human Interface Guidelines are a set of design principles and recommendations that guide the look, feel, and behavior of applications in the GNOME desktop environment to ensure consistency and usability.
-
A.
GNOME Core Applications
GNOME Core Applications are the default suite of essential, tightly integrated desktop programs designed to provide a consistent user experience within the GNOME desktop environment.
-
B.
Material Design guidelines
Material Design guidelines are Google’s comprehensive design system that defines visual, motion, and interaction principles for creating consistent, intuitive user interfaces across platforms and devices.
-
C.
GTK (for graphical interface)
GTK is a widely used open-source toolkit for creating graphical user interfaces, particularly on Linux and other Unix-like operating systems.
-
D.
GNOME desktop environment
The GNOME desktop environment is a popular, user-friendly and modern graphical desktop interface for Unix-like operating systems, emphasizing simplicity, accessibility, and integration.
-
E.
GNOME Control Center
GNOME Control Center is the main settings application for the GNOME desktop environment, providing a centralized interface to configure system and desktop preferences.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
GNOME project documentation
ⓘ
human–computer interaction guideline ⓘ software design guideline ⓘ usability guideline ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
GNOME HIG
ⓘ
linked to:
GNOME Human Interface Guidelines
|
| appliesTo |
GNOME applications
ⓘ
GNOME desktop environment ⓘ GTK applications ⓘ |
| goal |
ensure consistency across GNOME applications
ⓘ
improve usability of GNOME software ⓘ promote coherent look and feel in GNOME ⓘ provide guidance for application developers ⓘ support accessibility best practices ⓘ |
| hasVersion |
GNOME 2 HIG
ⓘ
linked to:
GNOME Human Interface Guidelines
GNOME 3 HIG ⓘ
linked to:
GNOME Human Interface Guidelines
GNOME 40+ HIG ⓘ
linked to:
GNOME Human Interface Guidelines
|
| influencedBy | general human interface guidelines ⓘ |
| influences | design of GNOME core applications ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| license | free documentation license ⓘ |
| maintainedBy |
GNOME Design team
ⓘ
GNOME community ⓘ |
| medium | online documentation ⓘ |
| partOf | GNOME design ecosystem ⓘ |
| publisher |
GNOME Project
ⓘ
linked to:
GNOME community
|
| recommends |
appropriate use of icons
ⓘ
clear and simple language in UI text ⓘ consistent layout and spacing ⓘ consistent use of dialogs ⓘ keyboard accessibility ⓘ proper error message design ⓘ responsive window behavior ⓘ standard GNOME shortcuts ⓘ status feedback to users ⓘ support for assistive technologies ⓘ support for localization ⓘ support for right-to-left languages ⓘ use of GNOME color guidelines ⓘ use of GNOME typography guidelines ⓘ use of GNOME widgets and controls ⓘ |
| topic |
accessibility
ⓘ
desktop integration ⓘ interaction design ⓘ usability ⓘ user interface design ⓘ visual design ⓘ |
| url | https://developer.gnome.org/hig/ ⓘ |
| usedBy |
GNOME Shell extension developers
ⓘ
GNOME application developers ⓘ GTK application designers ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: GNOME Human Interface Guidelines Description of subject: The GNOME Human Interface Guidelines are a set of design principles and recommendations that guide the look, feel, and behavior of applications in the GNOME desktop environment to ensure consistency and usability.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
GNOME Panel (by GNOME Shell in GNOME 3)
linked to: GNOME Human Interface Guidelines
linked to: GNOME Human Interface Guidelines
linked to: GNOME Human Interface Guidelines
linked to: GNOME Human Interface Guidelines
subject linked to:
Settings