GUIguide™, WORLD'S ONLY DESIGN KNOWLEDGE PORTAL

Brentwood, CA - July 15th, 2002 – Classic System Solutions, a provider of graphical user interface (GUI) design products and services for client/server software applications and web pages, today announced the release of GUIguide 3.0. GUIguide is the only GUI Design Knowledge Portal on the market. GUIguide provides a developer portal that can be accessed via the web or corporate intranet for knowledge capture, content management and delivery of GUI design knowledge for software and web development. GUIguide enables developers to realize highly usable GUI and Web software applications while reducing the time and cost associated with traditional development efforts. The product is being used in large organizations to facilitate agile design methods on large-scale projects.

Some of the world’s largest organizations have called on Classic System Solutions including Boeing, DHL, Edward Jones, GMAC, Hewlett Packard, IBM, Lands' End, Lucent Technologies, Peoplesoft, Progressive Insurance, Prudential Securities, Peoplesoft, Sears, the State of California, Sybase, the U.S. Navy, and Zurich Insurance.

GUIguide 3.0 offers world-leading user interface design standards for client/server and web applications. GUIguide was created with the vision of providing developers with several distinct advantages. It increases developer productivity, extends application usability, minimizes maintenance and support throughout the development process, and improves the quality and consistency of applications under development.

GUIguide 3.0 comes loaded with several important features, including visual design patterns (VDP’s), quality assurance checklists, recommendations and samples. It also offers techniques for creating consistent GUI components and sample case studies. In all, it comes preloaded with more than 1,300 standards, guidelines and case studies and more than 300 checklists, design templates, resource tables. Administration tools are completely customizable. Security features to limit access to design knowledge stored within.

GUIguide 3.0 is development tool independent. It is administered in a dynamic data-driven web application and is compatible with all major web browsers. Based on an ODBC-compliant database, it allows for instant updates and maintenance and can be immediately deployed throughout an entire corporate intranet.

“We developed GUIguide based on our experience with more than 300 client/server and web application development projects,” said James Hobart, president of Classic System Solutions. “Unlike other solutions, GUIguide offers recommendations and examples over and above the most accepted GUI standards in the industry, and all in one centrally available developer portal. Software applications developed using GUIguide allow for future reusability and realize greater end-user acceptance.”

GUIguide 3.0 is now shipping. The price for an enterprise version starts at $24,995. Ordering can be accomplished by calling 888.484.2774 or by completing the information request form online at www.classicsys.com.

About Classic System Solutions:
Founded in 1996, Classic System Solutions, Inc. provides graphical user interface and usability design products and consulting services for web, client/server and related software applications using rapid application development (RAD) techniques. The company offers seminars and workshops around the world focused on GUI design best practices. The company also offers GUIguide, the world’s only design knowledge portal, which is geared to expedite the development of highly usable GUI-based software, client/server and web applications. And, Classic System Solutions offers a range of consulting services on GUI design, application architecture, usability inspections, icon and graphic design. Classic System Solutions has worked with more than 500 organizations to help them realize highly usable GUI-based software and web applications, including Bell Canada, Blue Cross, Boeing, GMAC, Hewlett Packard, IBM, Peoplesoft, Progressive Insurance and Sybase. More information on Classic System Solutions can be found online at www.classicsys.com.