Specifications

15 | USER INTERFACE
DESIGN GUIDE
the right. Upon beginning an activity, users will naturally look to the right and use their right hand to navigate this area. The
Task Bar fills the bottom of the screen and includes high level functions for specific devices that are accessible to the system.
Secondary tools such as Room Settings and Room Schedule may be placed here as well. Because this is the primary method
of navigating between tasks, this bar should always be placed at the bottom and should be persistent regardless of which
other screens or windows are open. Lower placement allows ease of use, as the user’s hand reaches and travels from bottom
to top on the screen. Primary functions should also be centered to allow for proximity association of current functions being
shown in the Activity Area and what is highlighted on the Task Bar (Fig. 2). Active tasks are shown as highlighted where all
other available tasks are shown without highlight in the background.
The Room and Device Control areas also include secondary windows for additional functionality to be displayed (Fig 3.)
The secondary window for Room Control contains environmental functions such as controls for lights, temperature, shades,
projector and screen. The secondary window for Device Control contains functions related to activities or the source device.
This space displays items such as Contacts and the Audio/Video Conference dialing pad, or transport controls for the DVD
player.
Figure 2
Figure 3