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Direct manipulation keyboard computer interface. | Desktop interface based on entering information verbally. | iPad/iPhone speech interface. |
Final (Anant)
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- Left sidebar (3 main links)
- Contacts (to see all the contacts)
- Recent (it shows recent 10 contacts -- efficiency)
- History (History of all the chats/calls)
- Top bar (search for any location)
- Text Input (with autocomplete) to go to any valid location
- The Main Pane
- It is the main window for the active tab (in this case -- Contacts Tab)
- For each contact
- shows the status (online/offline/away)
- you can make a call
- see a log of all previous calls
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Learnability
- The interface (see the home page) uses the user mental model of chatting, calling and video calling
- Most popular tool used by people for international calling is Skype -- this user interface is consistent with Skype interface
- Auto-highlighting of locations is consistent with hovering affordance (people are likely to hover over highlighted text)
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