Assignment 1 - User Interface Critique on Good or Bad Design

The objective of this assignment is to critique the design of a user interfaces.

Find any TWO examples of DESIGN interfaces. Your examples should be specific and different with others. It is very hard to find a large interface that is completely good or completely bad, so don't try. Instead, focus on a particular feature or aspect of the interface that makes your case. Find concrete reasons for your judgment. Instead of providing reasonings based on the general design principles, in this assignment, you must refer to usability goals and design principles in lecture notes.

You are not limited to desktop software. Web sites offer many great candidates for fame and shame. You aren't even limited to traditional computer interfaces. Feel free to go out into the real world, and consider consumer appliances, car dashboards, building entrances, traffic intersections, shower controls, mobile phone etc. (Norman's book Design of Everyday Things includes a lot of examples of this kind, which you may find inspirational).