Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Redesigned Table from Microsoft Word

I decided to change the up and down arrow key on the table because from personal experience I have trouble clicking the correct one, especially if I am rapidly clicking. I also changed the color to blue of the font to separate it from the other fonts so you know which container you are working in. I changed the buttons to a more rounded for that have a clear edge to help with understand they are indeed buttons.

Analysis of Interactive App

The interactive app I selected to analyze is Google translate, google translate is a fantastic app that allows you to translate any text into any language you desire and also take a photo of text and have it translate into the desired language which comes in handy while traveling abroad or reading a menu in another language. The map opens up to a large screen separated into two distinct areas, one area to post the text you want translated and the other area is where the translated text appears and another area pops up under the translated text telling you the pronoun/adjective/subjunctive and other forms of the text. Located at the upper area we find 4 smaller boxes on a menu bar where we select the desired language, current language, switch key that switches the languages back and forth and a menu drop down button. The button is small and discreet so may be hard to find if you do not have a keen eye. The app also allows writing instead of type text to be translated and use your voice to say a word or sentence and have it translate whatever you say. This function does not always work because of the app sometimes has trouble understanding what you are trying to have translated. The main issue I had with this app was it only worked when you had an internet connection but google now offers you a download package that downloads all the data for specific languages so you can use the app when ever you need, whether or not if you have cell phone service or an internet connection.