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Table 2 Main interface elements, position and shape

From: Designing tailorable software systems with the users’ participation

Group

Element

Position and shape

G1

Video presenting the system

Up left side, in the logo position

Register button

Up left side, beside video, big size

Login and logout buttons

Up left side, under video, big size

Menu

Middle left side, circular format

Who is online and users online

Down left side

Contact, comment and collaborate buttons

Up middle side, big size

Announcements

Middle, presented in a ladder format

Audio, video and LIBRASa buttons

Middle, under announcements, big size

Search box and button

Middle, down position

Institutional support bar

Middle, under search box

Font size buttons

Up right side, green color

Poll

Middle right side

Navigation arrows

Down right side

G2

Logo

Up left side

Login and register buttons

Up left side, under logo

Menu + new category (all)

Middle left side, linear format

Who is online and users online

Down left side

Announcements

Middle, two columns

Navigation through media

Middle, down position

Search box and button

Middle, down position

Institutional support bar

Middle, under search box

Font size buttons

Up right side, orange color

Poll

Middle right side

Navigation arrows

Middle right side

Announce, collaborate and contact buttons

Down right side, big size

G3

Logo

Up left side

Register, login and logout buttons

Up left side, under logo, big size

Menu

Middle left side, circular format

Who is online and users online

Down left side

Radio tool

Down left side, under who is online

Video

Down left side, under radio tool

Chat tool

Besides who is online

Announcement

One in the middle

Comment, collaborate and video buttons

Middle under the announcement

Navigation (including back) buttons

Middle down

Font size buttons

Up right side, orange color

Search box and button

Up right side, under font size buttons

Poll

Middle right side

Navigation arrows

Middle right side

LIBRAS button

Down right side

Contact button

Down right side

G4

Video presenting the system

Up left side, in the logo position

Register, login, announce and logout buttons

Up left side, under video, big size

Search box and button

Up left side, under buttons

Menu

Middle left side, circular format

Announcements

List in the middle

Navigation buttons

Middle down

Logo, contact button and institutional bar

Middle down under navigation buttons

Font size buttons

Up right side, green color

Video

Up right, under font size buttons

LIBRAS

Up right, under video

Poll

Middle right side, retractile

Who is online

Down right side

Chat

Down right side, under who is online

G5

Logo

Up left side

Font size buttons

Up left side under logo

Contrast buttons

Up left side under font size buttons

Help tool

Middle left side

Contact button

Middle left side

Poll

Down left side

System name

Up middle

Menu and announce button

Up middle, linear format, horizontal

Announcements

Middle, organized in a queue

System presentation, video and LIBRAS buttons

Down middle side, big size

Login, logout and register buttons

Up right side

Who is online and users online

Middle right side

New users

Down right side

  1. aLIBRAS is an acronym that stands for the Brazilian sign language in Portuguese. The LIBRAS button starts a video with an interpreter