S3.Digital Interface Design.Week7.Class Exercise.

SEM 3

DIGITAL INTERFACE DESIGN 

WEEK 7

1) What is the interface design principles?

Design should organize the user interface purposefully, in meaningful and useful ways based on clear , consistent models that are apparent and recognizable to users. Interfaces exist to enable interaction between humans and our world. They can help clarify, illuminate, enable, show relationships, bring us together, pull us apart, manage our expectations, and give us access to services. As in most design disciplines, interface design is successful when people are using what you've designed. Like a beautiful chair that is uncomfortable to sit in, design has failed when people choose not to use it. Therefore, interface design can be as much about creating an environment for use as it is creating an artifact worth using. It is not enough for an interface to satisfy the ego of its designer: it must be used!


2) What is the elements of the interface design?

Graphical user interface elements are those elements used by graphical user interfaces (GUIs) to offer a consistent visual language to represent information stored in computers. These make it easier for people with few computer skills to work with and use computer software. There are Structural Elements and Interaction Elements. Interface elements include but are not limited to: Input Controls, Navigational Components, Informational Components, Containers.

Class Exercise:Review on the existing website on Mc.Donald. List out the pro & cons of the interface design layout, the navigation buttons and is the information clear enough for the user to understand to navigation the page?





Existing WEBPAGE NOW


Based on my review on the existing website on McDonald, red colour full fill the website. Since it is an extreme color, red always the popular targets for audiences. Red colours always get noticed.





Overall PROS:


1. Didn't have fancy words. It's TIDY.



We don't like all of the fonts that won't work for us in order to find the ones that will. It's tidy and all function able.

For example:




If fonts aren’t hinted well, their strokes can change significantly from browser to browser. This font looked great on my Mac (top). When I tested it cross-browser, I ran into problems (bottom). The font is too light to read easily.



Overall CONS:

1. It's seem the interface quite complicated to use. For example, all the pop up menu quite big and many functions. It make me confusing.