INF 231 Homework 2

INF231: Homework 2
(due 10/18 in class, or at the beginning of the discussion session)

1. Based on user interface design guidelines and Gestalt laws, what problems do you see with http://www.ics.uci.edu/~kobsa/courses/ICS104/course-notes/nsf-old.jpg? (ignore the left-hand frame, the text in red, and the menu on top below the blue-green bar).
Draft two better designs that differ in an important priniciple. Make hand drawings of two full screens.

2. Orange County airport plans to develop an information system that lists arriving and/or departing flights based on users' search criteria. Users should be able to enter the following data (all of which are optional):

Date for which flights should be displayed
Start time for the display
Number of hours to be displayed
Display arriving flights or display departing flights?
Airline
Flight number
Origin or destination of flight

Design a full screen with paper and pencil that allows users to enter the above search criteria. Use default values to facilitate the data entry, and take HCI guidelines into account.