MM2201 - INTERFACE DESIGN
AiCASD - Summer 2007
Instructor: Laura Cesari
Contact: lcesari@aii.edu or laura.cesari@gmail.com


Week 5:

Topics: Open Source Software Design, Software Usability
Lab / In-class activity: Icon Variations, Browser Theme Analysis
Work due this week: Web Application Design
Homework for next week: Browser Design

Link: Get Firefox Themes


Assignment #5: Due week 6
Web Browser Design

Create a new design for a web browser: it can be traditional and minimalist, or bizarre and experimental. Any way you do it, give it a consistent, orignal style, and quality graphic icons. For this project, your design can be any size.

Include the following Icons:
- Back, Forward, Stop, Refresh, Home
- Search, Go, (next to address bar and search bar)
- Minimize, Maximize, Close (in top corner)

GRADING: (10 points total):
__ (2) Icon shapes are representative of their functions
__ (2) Unified, Consistent Style among icons
__ (2) Icons match the style of the rest of the page
__ (2) Graphic Quality: graphics are crisp, clean, and detailed
__ (2) Text is legible, Fonts are consistent

__ Total out of 10 points

Extra credit:
Include more icons, such as favorites, email, print, etc.
1 extra point for each extra icon.
2 exra points for creating a scrollbar that matches your theme
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