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Technical Notes
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.
User Experience Resources
A guided introduction and learning path for developers new to adopting the Mac OS X user experience.   Essential information for developers implementing application user interfaces.  
User Experience Topics
AppleScript
AppleScript resources for working with the visual appearance, interactive behavior, and assistive capabilities of applications. 		 
Carbon
A set of C APIs for creating and handling user interface elements (such as windows, controls, and menus) on Mac OS X. 		 
Cocoa
Cocoa programming interfaces for controlling the visual appearance, interactive behavior, and assistive capabilities of applications.
Human Interface Device & Force Feedback
Interfaces that let applications interact with user input devices. Some of these devices can vibrate or provide other tactile feedback, called force feedback. 		 
Porting
Guidelines for ensuring a predictable and consistent user interface when porting applications to Mac OS X. 		 
View legacy technologies, including technologies, features, products, APIs, and programming techniques that are no longer supported or have been superseded.