Team Undecided
Members list
Research Resources
- Photoshop UI (Pallet toolbox, Menu and Shortcuts)
- MS Word Evolution ( Toolbox to Ribbon )
Thesis Statement
Thesis
Through research and study, Team Undecided will make its attempt to survey modern UI organizational practices and their underlying design and HCI principles using Microsoft Word, Photoshop and modern game consoles UI as case studies.
Keywords
Topic: current UI organizational practices
Ribbon UI
UI Changes
Menu Elimination
Steering Rule
Photoshop
Shortcuts
Classifications Menus
Toolboxes
Contextual Menus
Redundancy Gain
Modern Game Console UI
Inputs
Display
Network connectivity
Loading times
Personalization
Bibliography
Design Concepts:
https://www-01.ibm.com/software/ucd/designconcepts.html
https://www-01.ibm.com/software/ucd/designconcepts/designbasics.html
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/familiar-design.html
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20000206.html
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20030825.html
Microsoft Word evolution:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ribbon_%28computing%29
http://redmondmag.com/articles/2007/10/01/word-2007-not-exactly-a-musthave.aspx
http://www.exceluser.com/explore/surveys/ribbon/ribbon-survey-results.htm
Photoshop UI:
http://vandelaydesign.com/blog/design/learn-photoshop-basics/
http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/technology/tutorials/graphics/photoshop7/
HCI Perceptual principles - http://ijcem.org/papers12011/12011_21.pdf
Modern Game Console UI:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_3
http://gizmodo.com/5070189/new-xbox-experience-nxe-review-its-pure-improvement