Solving the Problem - (User Interface - Design for Screen)

Solving the Problem in User Interface Design

During this session, we were put into groups of six to discuss the problems we have when using user interfaces in our everyday routines. 

Therefore we looked into user interfaces designs that has problem when using it. There are the list of a variety type of user interface that have a problem: 

• Sat Nav 
• Booking seats online 
• Apps 
• Music websites 
• Consoles 

Problems

• Sat-Nav | It is a piece of technology that can navigate you to your destination when in a moving vehicle (car, bus, etc). However, it can have some disadvantages like leading the driver to a different location than they wanted, unclear about the direction, need to keep updating map, need a wire to connect the sat-nav to the car for charging, screen can be to small, leads driver to dangerous roads (not motorway - countrysides) and so on. 
• Reserving seats in a Cinema | This booking system is not set up well the layout of the screen is not accurate within a computer screen, as costumers complain about not booking the correct seats, the seats are not obvious (sofa seats to cinema seats), some customers cannot tell the difference of where the front is to the back (letter A meaning front) and etc. 
• Apps | Not always convenient with wanting what you want to see, for example: the News app, the reader will have to keep on scrolling to find what they want to read. Should have a category to what the people would like to read, rather than then scroll down to find it, does not always tell you if you have read the article before, it is not designed way in the layout format. 
• Music Sites | Some music sites are not always clear and consistent, some can be very confusing not arranged or in sections, searching for the type of music you want to listen to is not always there or either listed in a different genre and so on. 
• Consoles | Video consoles are used for entertaining young children when travelling or at home. Some of a disadvantages of having a console is: all console need to be charged with a socket, always need to have either a CD or SD card to play the games, the owner will either lose the stylus or controller to control the console.