For years, the YouTube mobile app has allowed users to continue playing videos while they simultaneously search through YouTube's extensive library of content. So why can the same not be done on the desktop site without opening a new tab? Why does the site not have a similar function, allowing users to shrink one video to fit in a corner of the screen while they browse for another? Beyond that it made me wonder: Why is there not a universal way across each platform to organize multiple things on screen in a simple, customizable, user friendly manner?
Ideas:
that will allow the user to use multiple programs at once in a way that they find both efficient
and organized to their liking. This product is meant for any and all users of technology who
struggle with having too many things to do at once, with no easy and organized way to do so.
This app aims to give users more control over how they switch between the multiple apps or
programs they may have open and give them more ways to do two things at once. The key
component behind this design is that it will allow similar functionality from your phone to your
computer, allowing you to have the same capabilities across each platform.
-Jim wants something that will allow him to keep seeing his wife’s smiling face on facetime
Ideas:
Main Focus Points:
All of these ideas highlighted above stood out as highly compatible. Having the ability to customize a grid like layout to organize and simultaneously play different forms of media in a multi platform app for multiple operating systems would be a fantastic solution to a problem that plagues each OS in its own, specific way.
Knutoscha Johnson
Occupation: Fast food cook, student
Hobbies: Watching makeup tutorials, photography, listening to the latest hit songs, writing
Social Media: YouTube, Instagram, Twitter
Likes: Snow days, parties, listening to music while writing, watching Twitch streams, and cats
Dislikes: Fast food, internet lag, homework, and lizards.
Analysis: Knutoscha just wants a simple and convenient way to keep her favorite Twitch streams up and ready to view while working
on homework, as well as a quick way to browse and select music to switch between while writing.
on homework, as well as a quick way to browse and select music to switch between while writing.
Jim Pickens
Occupation: State Senator
Hobbies: Watching the news, listening to podcasts, learning digital art from online tutorials
Social Media: Facebook
Likes: Chatting with the neighbors, video chatting with his wife, and working on art in his basement
Dislikes: Hippies, kids who play music too loud, people kicking over his trash cans, and having to pause facetime calls to google something on his iPad.
Analysis: Jim wants something that will allow him to keep seeing his wife’s smiling face on facetime while he looks up the news article he wants to send
her and a good way to watch Adobe tutorials while he follows along side by side.
her and a good way to watch Adobe tutorials while he follows along side by side.
Randy Rogers
Occupation: Retired Golfer
Hobbies: Watching golf and playing some classic Diablo on his PC.
Social Media: Myspace
Likes: Beating bosses in his favorite old games, Doritos, and summer days
Dislikes: Missing out on good loot for his character, dungeon after dungeon
Analysis: Randy wants a way to overlay game walkthroughs in the corner of his full screen game so that he can follow
along and make all the right moves.
along and make all the right moves.
Angela DiAngelo
Occupation: Website manager for Corporation Inc
Hobbies: Watching ASMR videos, looking for great deals online, blogging
Social Media: Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Twitter, Tumblr
Likes: Tea, old movies, funny cat videos, and spending time with her sister
Dislikes: Disorganized files and drafts when proposing site alterations to her boss and having too many tabs open
Analysis: Angela wants something for work and for home. She needs a way to keep all her files and notes organized
on her computer screen as she discusses website changes with her boss, but she also wants a way to view a video while
she scrolls through social media and shops online without having to sift through tabs or clutter her screen with windows.
on her computer screen as she discusses website changes with her boss, but she also wants a way to view a video while
she scrolls through social media and shops online without having to sift through tabs or clutter her screen with windows.
Design Defense
My goal is to create an app with various versions compatible with phones and computersthat will allow the user to use multiple programs at once in a way that they find both efficient
and organized to their liking. This product is meant for any and all users of technology who
struggle with having too many things to do at once, with no easy and organized way to do so.
This app aims to give users more control over how they switch between the multiple apps or
programs they may have open and give them more ways to do two things at once. The key
component behind this design is that it will allow similar functionality from your phone to your
computer, allowing you to have the same capabilities across each platform.
-Jim wants something that will allow him to keep seeing his wife’s smiling face on facetime
while he looks up the news article he wants to send her. Jim opens the [Insert Name Here] app and
creates a new display layout for his iPad. In a few quick, easy steps, he selects the video chat
option and chooses where he wants his video x to appear on screen while he is in other apps.
Now, with this feature set, he can look up articles and text the links to whatever recipient he desires,
all while keeping his Facetime or Skype calls fully functional and visible in the desired area of his screen.
-Randy wants a way to overlay game walkthroughs in the corner of his full screen game so that he
can follow along and make all the right moves. He opens up the [Insert Name Here] app and
selects the gaming option. This will allow him to select a program to overlay in the corner of
his game without setting the game in windowed mode and dealing with the complications of
accidentally moving his mouse outside of the game window. If he has any difficulties with the
desired overlay blocking visuals within the game, the customization settings will allow him to
adjust the positioning, size, and even the opacity of the overlaying item.
-Knutoscha just wants a quick way to browse and select music to switch between while writing. To do so, she simply opens the [Insert Name Here] app and selects the music option. This option allows for a basic play/pause, skip, and back button for her music at the bottom of her screen, letting her play any music she has stored on her computer from there as if using a music app on her phone. It also displays a music library option where she can search for songs to play, organized in whatever manner she chooses without having to search through endless files on her computer to find the desired song.
-Knutoscha just wants a quick way to browse and select music to switch between while writing. To do so, she simply opens the [Insert Name Here] app and selects the music option. This option allows for a basic play/pause, skip, and back button for her music at the bottom of her screen, letting her play any music she has stored on her computer from there as if using a music app on her phone. It also displays a music library option where she can search for songs to play, organized in whatever manner she chooses without having to search through endless files on her computer to find the desired song.
Final Decision
My solution is to create an app usable on all available computers and smart devices that will allow identical function on each, letting users utilize the functionality of various apps and programs simultaneously in a way that is idealized toeach individual user.
Paper Prototype
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