"HCI is a occupational hobby of mine and I add HCI laden info to my search engine on a regular basis (1100 pages after 3 years of collecting). You can find it at http://psyberspace.net with commentary at /blogger/.
"Other good general resources are http://www.webword.com, http://www.useit.com (check the archives of the website spotlight), http://www.uidesign.net, http://www.asktog.com, and for look and feel analysis http://www.coolhomepages.com
"The general recommendation, unfortunately, is look at MS Word and http://www.aol.com, and do as they do. Consistency is priority number 1.
Regarding HTH and AE for application standards:
"For button naming (Save or Submit? Edit or Modify?), try http://psyberspace.net/web/searchresult.cfm?criteria=button+and+names
"For button placement (Save before Cancel or Cancel before Save?) and current trends (tabbed, explorer-like menus, etc.), try http://www.psyberspace.net/web/searchresult.cfm?criteri a=interface+and+trends
"For UI critique of current software (MacOS, Windows) and websites: http://psyberspace.net/web/searchresult.cfm?criteria=CF%5FCUSTOM1%20%3CCONTAINS%3E%20Critique."
Thanks, Andy!