Assignment 1 - Ideas of Interfaces

1. New Game Controller

Most of the game controllers nowadays look like the one on above. It’s not very comfortable to hold and also most of the buttons are only accessible through thumb movement, which can be really tiring upon long time usage.

The idea of this project is to design a game controller that is more comfortable to hold and decrease the dependency on thumb movement so user can have a much more enjoyable experience when playing games for a long time.

2. Week Time Table View of Course Registration

Registration of courses through myNeu portal is absolutely a nightmare. You need to open different windows to look for CRN numbers of courses. You also need to keep track of which period of time in a week is occupied. Adding a week view of student’s time table of existing course can save user lots of time figuring out whether the course fit into current schedule or not. 

Also during course selection, it pop up to show whether the course has conflict with current schedule.

3. New File Explorer for Windows

Even up to the latest version of Windows10, the current file explorer looks bad and not very user friendly. The ribbon on the top copied from office is almost useless on desktop. The general looking is still old and unpolished that does not fit into the modern flat style of Windows 10 at all.

The idea here is to design a new file explorer for Windows10 that is e aesthetically fitted into Windows10’s modern style as well as more efficient to use for user. The key feature is the explorer will conclude tab, which give user an easy way to switch between file location’s as well as increase the consistency of browsing experience between local and web.