##acl All:read,write = Gooey: Soft & Sticky (DA259 200603) = <> = Code of conduct = * This assignment will not be considered to be completed if * you attend less than 60% of the meetings. * you fail to deliver any of the presentations and the reports in time. * you quit the assignment. * you prefer "N" to "Y". * Any excuses of not attending the meetings must be emailed to me 2 hours piror to the scheduled time. * No excuse after the scheduled time. = Approach = * learning by doing (together) * learning from each other * book, book, and yet another book. = Schedule = == Week 1 == Lecture:: * Overview of the soft and sticky aspects of comupters: the operating systems and the GUI * Overview of GUI history [[attachment:GooeyHistory.pdf]] Homework:: * ('''4 weeks''') Read the following books: * Don't Make Me Think by Steve Krug (About web gui design) * Interface Desgin by Peter Bickford '''or/and''' GUI Design Essentials by Weinschenk et al. * Please form 2-person groups for the tasks. * ('''1 week''') Task 1: Experience and compare two OS desktops * Sit next to each other to compare and analyze the GUI. * Tip: focusing on specific tasks: for example, locating an application; removing a file; sending an email etc. * Prepare a 5-10 minute presenation of your findings. * Start thinking of a new design of an OS desktop for a target user group. Resources:: * Ubuntu live CD (GNOME desktop): http://www.ubuntu.com * Kbuntu live CD (KDE desktop): http://www.kubuntu.org * Knoppix live CD (KDE desktop): http://www.knoppix.org/ * Solaris 10: http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/ * Windows Vista CTP, installation CD from my office HG2.52. == Week 2 == Lecture:: GUI design guidelines [[attachment:GooeyDesignGuidelines.pdf]] Activity:: * Presentations of os desktop comparison * Discussions Homework:: * Continue the books. * ('''2 weeks''') Task 2: Find two examples of web designs of the same kind that you like most and hate most. Prepare a presentation that * tells what you have learnt from the book ''don't make me think'' * tells the story and the reasons of the web design comparison. * ('''3 weeks''' Task 3: Designing/prototyping a new OS desktop for a target user group of your choice. Prepare a presentation that * tells what you have learnt from the book Interface Desgin by Peter Bickford '''or/and''' GUI Design Essentials by Weinschenk et al. * tells your target user group, your desgin process and approach, and the result. Resources:: * Edubuntu: http://www.edubuntu.org * StarDock has a serials of tools to customize your windows desktop: http://www.stardock.com/ * Search for ''kids'' or ''children'' at http://www.wincustomize.com/ for examples of redesgins of the windows desktop for children. == Week 3 == Lecture:: GUI desgin process Activity:: Q&A session Homework:: * Continue the books. * Continue Task 2. * Continue Task 3. == Week 4 == Activity:: * Presentations of web design comparison. * tell what you have learnt from the book ''don't make me think'' * tell the story and the reasons of the web design comparison. * Discussions * Q&A session Homework:: * Finish your design/prototype, prepare for the final presentation Homework:: * Continue Task 3. == Week 5 == Activity:: * Final presenations of your os desktop design * tell what you have learnt from the book Interface Desgin by Peter Bickford '''or/and''' GUI Design Essentials by Weinschenk et al. * tell your target user group, your desgin process and approach, and the result. * Feedback session Homework:: * Final report. Not more than 4 pages of A4. Including: * What you have learnt from this assignment * Description of the results from Task 3:your target user group, your desgin process and approach, and the design decisions and the reasons behind. * Your comments/suggestions/complaints on this assignment. (I promise that this part won't have any impact on the final verdict). * Zip the presentations from Task 1, 2, 3, and the final report altogether and deliver it by next Wednesday, 5:00pm