A
The Animation:
Text Animation:
first Introduction
cgrid is a software for computer-based communication. Intention is to combine the offer of the existing digital communications in a single program. Instead of always between the individual communication programs, for switches to and fro - as is the case so far - combined, managed and structured our software to communicate in a program. Ie the user only has a software that it all functions such as e-mail, chat, or telephone the existing communication offers, so that no other programs need to be longer in use and the user a quick and efficient operation is possible. Looking to the future we have our software for different devices being considered, in the preparation we have, however, limited to the computer as it is for us as a starting medium within the administration.
second Target
Our software will find their application in the private sector. Our focus is on personal communication. Technical or economic factors occur for us thus in the background. We want to encourage personal communication, so the user is the central role he should control himself dar. may, for whom, when and we can be reached. To achieve the personal, we will implement practices from the analog world into the digital world. With digital communication is associated mostly an impersonal and anonymous communication. We want to change by integrating aspects of the analog world to digital.
third Contacts
The integration of the analog to digital starts with us in the contact management. Everyone has different social focal points, closest friends, family, widely known, work colleagues. One is familiar with one than the other, yet have all the contacts somehow be coordinated. In the analog world, this is easier. If I want to communicate with someone, I meet with him to a personal interview. The same would work in the digital world as well. The user should be able to determine for whom, when and how he achieved. So digital time management. In previous communications programs, the user can set his availability status, whether online, away, unavailable or busy. However, this has no effect on communication, as they are not usually respected by others.
4th Contact management
We go with our software even more responsive to the user. The personal to promote communication, he is self-determined, with whom, when and we want to communicate. That is, it can be individually set for each individual contact his presence. With our software provides the contact management is a central point and is also the basis for communication. Appropriate changes to the settings in the administrative level, the future communication behavior. This means that depending on how the user has set his contacts in the administrative level, can reach the contact him.
we solve this so-called filters. These filter settings transferred the administrative level to the communication. There is in our software three filter options, and three priorities, which are the availability status of the user for his contacts.
The first filter allows unrestricted access, he means "Yes communicating with me ...". In this priority, the user can temporarily classify important contacts. These can reach him constantly and on all types of communication. So, by telephone, chat or as an asynchronous message.
The second filter says that the user is currently discreet, so as "to me it is something bad right now ...". Thus, contacts of the second priority of the user limited . Reach Not all communications are enabled by them. You can only communicate via chat or asynchronous message.
The third filter indicates that the user is busy. Contacts of the third priority to reach the user is limited. You can only use the asynchronous communication channels, ie send an e-mail or voice mail.
The messages are delivered despite the filter, the filter can only determine how the message reaches the user. So even in the third priority communication takes place only on a different kind
5th Contact depictions
see the contact, in what priority it has classified the user, the user sees as well as the contact has classified it. The rankings are presented using an image concept. Is a contact for the user very accessible, he is shown to the user from the front, he is discreet, the software shows him from the side and he is employed, the contact is shown from behind. worth mentioning here is the double encoding. The user himself is shown in support of transparency, what contact he can reach. Thus, only potential communication partners come to the fore. Here we see the reference to the analogue world. The contact picture is supported by an outer frame that visualizes their membership.
Also, the user can select how he wants to see his contacts. It can convert between purely visual, choose a typographical or combined representations. The principle of transparency, we have also applied to the typography and the combined representation. In Scripture we have opted for a condensed font, Arial Narrow. The user can organize his contacts by social group, or alphabetically. We have integrated various methods of representation in our software to ensure optimal user experience guaranteed. Depending on which Contact you search, you can set the appropriate, most suitable contact representation. This can personalize the user in much of its software and customize the display types to his wishes. The presentation is changed in the the user clicks the mouse on the background and a mouse feedback thus can adjust the settings. The different views are recorded in an xy coordinate system.
The software is divided into three levels, the level of communication - on the left - the administrative, contact level representation and the timeline, and message log at the bottom. The administrative level has 32 contacts, you have more contacts, you can build on these several different levels.
The user is the center of the circle are contacts in the middle, so close to the user, then he reached him best, he is further away from him, so the contact is located on the outer priority group, he can at worst . reach Here the principle of proximity. The contact can be classified into different priorities, which I touch him with a left click and move, touch or even the entire priority area and move it according to the size.
If I take the mouse over the contacts, ie in a rollover, I have next to a enlarged photograph that I see more from the front, additional information about the contact that I have given him as a user.
6th Communication level
The level of communication brings together various modes of communication. Generally, we only differentiate between two input options, namely, text and voice input. In the speech input, the user can optionally switch to still his webcam. After the user has selected an input facility, compares the software, as the contact the user has designated. Accordingly, the user gets feedback from the software, whether synchronous message - is transmitted - ie in real time - or asynchronously - that is deferred. At the level of communication was important to us that the user in the station position is not restricted. He should still be able to communicate the way he wants it. That is, if he would prefer instead to speak and write, he can do them and to send the message as voice mail.
The contact is moved by left clicking on the communication level. Then the communication field will be delayed. From this position it is possible to put contacts on the level of communication in which one turns the contact representation.
Double is now a text entry box open. The user can start writing immediately. The connecting lines show the user not only to communicate with who he is but by the dotted line information about the activity. The half circles on the written texts provide information on the quantities and from which transmitter is the text. Icons in the text box to tell the user what communication he is. Written and moves from right to left, at the same time as the timeline at the bottom. Clever lyrics and fade into the background, with a scroll bar I can emphasize written and read.
7th Voice Recognition
Would you call a contact, he is but in the second priority, the user send him a voicemail. Through feedback, the user is prompted either to change the communication or record a voice message.
If a telephone conversation with a contact, he could start a video communication. the avatar changes on contact, but only in a black and white still image, the two causes, either the contact has installed at the moment no webcam, or the user has it - just called on his cell phone - through a redirect. By drag & drop you can always add more contacts and free to choose the positioning of the video images. The dashed line indicates whether a link exists. Telephone communications can be concluded individually with the contacts. Gives the user a still no value, he can resize it at any time.
8th Email
aspects of verbal communication such as intonation, gestures and facial expressions were integrated into the text communication. This was for us a point for digital communication more personal. Some emotions you may now already expressed by emoticons or ASCII characters. Similarly, one can also what is written additional weight and importance with smart agents send. So in the software, for example, features are included that allow the user to emphasize things. This can affect the font size and color. Similar to the feedback mouse the user marks a word and changes the setting for this by navigating to the x-and y-axis. For example, whispering or screaming can be expressed by text changes.
The e-mail box automatically goes on when the contact does not allow synchronous communication when the number of characters greater than 100 and word recognition, such as "Dear ...." communication is opened.
9th Message log
The message log gives the user an overview of their own communication. Here, incoming and outgoing messages are documented. It presents the user with whom he communicates when and how. The length of the lines expresses the duration of the communication, an icon that symbolizes communication to which it is. The color coding shows which social group the contact belongs to. Using the scroll bars, the user can retrace his communicative behavior. This has an additional function. This is a zoomable timeline, that the user can get a closer look at specific period. This is done by small handle at the Ends of the scroll bars. By moving the handle is adjacent to an area of the time.
can also be accessed by pushing the timeline for the archiving. By categorizing communication is displayed in a given period. By clicking on individual communication details, such as recipient name visible. You can also zoom in the Communications Overview and therefore given additional information about spelling and grammar check. Not only the traditional Spell check is meant, but a "new" audit, which invented the current spelling as "lol", "n1" includes or "G8", etc. with.
The message log was for us an outlook on how the software can still develop further.
A
A
A
A
A
