In 1994, the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) proposed a software ergonomics standards project to the American National Standard Institute (ANSI), which was approved and designated as ANSVHFES-200. The purpose of this panel session is to review the background, status, contents, and issues relating to the HFES/ANSI-200 proposed standard on software ergonomics. Recent HFES administrations have identified the development of ergonomics standards as a strategic objective of the society. In addition, the considerable success of the ANWHFES100 Standard for the Human Factors Engineering of VDT Workstations and the ongoing software standards ergonomics activity in the International Standards Organization (SO) have contributed momentum for the development of an ANSVHFES software user interface standard.