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Success Stories ‘08: Redesigning DrProject’s Administration Interface

Saturday, October 4th, 2008

This project focused on improving the overall usability for project management portal software, DrProject, especially targeting a redesign of the web administration interface. Along with mentors Paula Bach & Greg Wilson, Liz Blankenship, a student of Science in Information at the University of Michigan (USA), did a redesign of the web-based ...

Success Stories ‘08: Redesigning Gallery’s Image Upload Tools

Saturday, October 4th, 2008

This project focused on improving the image upload tools of Gallery, a web based software product that lets you manage your photos on your own website. Along with mentors Katrin Goetzer and Chris Kelly, Jakob Hilden did a comparative analysis and created mockups for a new image upload tool. His work ...

Success Stories ‘08: Guidelines and Design Patterns for KDE4

Saturday, October 4th, 2008

This project focused on finalising the Human Interface Guidelines for the K Desktop Environment. Mentored by Celeste Lyn Paul and Ellen Reitmayr, Becca Scollan, a student of Science and Information at the University of Baltimore (USA), and Thomas Pfeiffer, studying Psychology at the Technical University of Darmstadt (Germany) identified common interaction ...

Success Stories ‘08: Improving Jeliot user Interface and Workflows

Saturday, October 4th, 2008

The goal of this project was to improve the user interface and workflows of Jeliot 3, an Open Source Java Program Visualization application that helps Java beginners to understand coding concepts. Along with mentors Roman Bednarik, Andres Moreno and Niko Myller, Sharad Baliyan identified possible pitfalls when newbies of programming make ...

Success Stories ‘08: Toolbox and Palette Interaction for KOffice

Saturday, October 4th, 2008

The goal of this project was to improve the toolbox and palette interaction for KOffice, the office suite of the K Desktop Environment. Along with her mentors Celeste Lyn Paul, Ellen Reitmayr and Boudewijn Remp, Neha Pahwa analyzed the tool options of KOffice. She identified the major interaction problems and created ...

Success Stories ‘08: 3d Widgets for MakeHuman

Saturday, October 4th, 2008

This project focused on designing and testing 3d widgets for MakeHuman, a free software for modelling 3-Dimensional characters. Along with his mentors Stefano Fabri, Manuel Bastioni and Simone Re, Eugenio Passacantilli, student of Science in Communications at the University La Sapienza di Roma (Italy) designed and tested 3D widgets as a ...

Success Stories ‘08: Improving HDR imaging with Qtpfsgui

Saturday, October 4th, 2008

The goal of this project was to improve various tools and the overall usability of Qtpfsgui, an open source graphical user interface application that aims to provide a workflow for High dynamic range (HDR) imaging. Along with mentors Roman Bednark, Giuseppe Rota, and Alexadre Prokoudine, Vladimir Smida created sketches for Qtpfsgui ...

Success Stories ‘08: IM and VoIP with SIP Communicator

Saturday, October 4th, 2008

This project focused on the integration of multiple protocols in a single instant messaging application, SIP Communicator. Along with his mentors Raphael Wimmer and Emil Ivov, Mike Oren, PhD student in Philosophy at Iowa State University (USA), performed user research and a comparative analysis of different instant messengers. Read on for Mike's ...

Success Stories ‘07: OpenWengo

Sunday, September 30th, 2007

Summary OpenWengo is a communication tool that allows to make voice calls and integrates IM contacts. The goal of the student project was to make design changes to the notifications system. In a 4 month collaboration, Paula Bach, the student intern, presented a notification scheme for incoming calls and tested ...

Success Stories ‘07: OpenPrinting

Sunday, September 30th, 2007

Summary The Open Printing project is a workgroup of the Free Standards Group and shapes the use experience of printing on Linux. The project offered the opportunity to work as an Associate Interaction Architect, and to shape the printing experience on Linux. Activities focussed on creating the concept and UI sketches of ...