Human Computer Interaction

Assignment No 3 
Submitted To: Ma’am Hira Waseem 
Submitted By: AHMED RAZA
Registration No: UW-18-CS-BS-040 
Question no 1  
From any computer or mobile screen pick one GUI which you do not like & one more GUI
which you  like.

THE GUI I LIKE

This is 3d viewer

The GUI that I don’t like 

Reasons of like and dislike in the light of principals of aesthetics

Like  Dislike

∙ I like 3D-viwer because it easy to use and there  ∙ I don’t like this GUI of start button because It
are many reliable tools and the graphics used  cover half of the screen and make user mind 
here are too attractive. puzzle.

∙ According to principal of aesthetic, the ∙ According to principal of aesthetic, the vision 

vision is  an important thing and in this GUI principal is failed, GUI not full fill all the  elements of
(3D-Viwer)  there are all essential colors and the principal.
tools.

∙ According to principal of aesthetic, the ∙ According to the principal of aesthetic, the touch 
touch is  another important principal. Here principal failed here, if the computer is slow and
the tools that  are fitted here are easy to processor is not fast, the screen will not open on 
touch and use. which app we click.

∙ According to principal of aesthetic,  ∙

“Good looking products and user interface 

are perceived as more valuable and having 
more qualities.” This GUI full fill all the 
aspects of GUI.

Question no 2  
Conduct a quick Usability evaluation of your mobile phone & Compare it with the evaluation
of your  friend’s phone. 

Ans:

Samsung(friend phone) infinix(My phone)

Functional: The OS and processor work too Functional: The OS and processor are quit perfect
efficient and open app & multiple app at a and multiple application can be run on it.
time.
Rating : 8.5 out 10 
Rating : 10 out 10 
Efficient: it is easy to use the body of the Efficient: The device not too effective but not too 
mobile is  nice and slim. The display is bad. It can be used by normal users
gorgeous and GUI is  user friendly.

Rating : 9.5 out 10  

Rating : 9 out 10 . 

Safe: It is totally safe no problem occur during Safe: The device is totally safe and clean. There is
the  switching of mobile and running. There is no such thing in it that made this phone not safe.
no design  error.
Rating : 9 out 10 
Rating : 10 out 10 

Friendly: yes! This phone is user friendly and Friendly: The phone is easy to use, it has low 
the  GUI & animations are made to attract the processor but it is covered by the display. The
human.  The colors on display are normal so colors  on screen too nice to see. The main thing in
they don’t affect  the eyes. this  phone is it camera.

Rating : 9.5 out 10 

Rating : 10 out 10 

Pleasurable: The phone is totally awesome Pleasurable: The phone is just fine and the
and the  processor is too good to run heavy processor is low that it can never run heavy
games and app applications

Rating : 10 out 10 . Rating : 7 out 10 

Total Rating : 9 out 10  Total Rating : 7.5 out 10

Question No 3  
Sketch as many alternatives as you can visualize for the two icons that depict activity progress
happening in  the background. Conduct a quick survey from amongst your friends as to which of
the icon concepts, you have  come up with, are ‘liked’ by them. 

Icon no 1 
Icon no 2 

The simple loading bar as it rotate at its own axis. 

Icon no 3 

The simple loading bar, the bar will fill with blue color as loading ends. 

Rating from friends 

Name Icon most like Rate the icon Flaws in

design

RESHAIL Icon no 1 due to its colour 8 out of Icon 2 and 3 are to  simple
and attractive 10 
RAZA
iftikhar Icon no 1 (due to 9 out of Icon 3 and  icon 2 are too simple. 
Ahmed  uniqueness) 10 

 Abdul Icon no 2 ( due to its 8.5 out Icon 1 not look like a loading icon and icon 3
rafay simpelness)   of 10  is good but icon 2 is more simple  

As we conclude from the upper table the icon most people like is icon no 1 due to its new design
and  uniqueness.