Flowchart is defined as a diagram that represent an algorithm or process showing the steps as boxes of various kinds and their order by connecting with these arrows (That is the official definition i found on wikipedia). Well, actually flowchart is helping us to present in a simple and fastest way. The reason i saying this is because you just need write your important point into a diagram and simplifies the message you want to convey, this actually can save a lot of time compare to present a longer and pointless message. Nowadays, flowchart can be easily found in a presentation because of its usefulness and can make the presentation more persuasive to the audience.
Alright, now i will straight to the point, why do we want to use flowchart in our mobile interface design and screen interface design? As i mentioned earlier, flowchart is helpful in presentation but when come to create an interface design, the functionality of flowchart is almost the same. When we want to think a new idea, we always brainstorm some idea and this will cause us have several idea came out. So, flowchart play an important role in this situation here. It can help us analyse our idea and can start thinking which is the seed idea. All we need to do is write down all the idea on a paper and the seed idea always start from the top and the final outcome is end on the bottom. On the way that we are creating, we will have some boxes and each boxes represent a process and link with some arrows. We also can apply different colors on the boxes or the arrows, so that this can make the flowchart look more interesting and colors always will make us remember or understand easily.
The second question is how will it help the users to meet the interactive goals? I think this is based on the users opinion because some of the people will think flowchart is an extra step in the process of create an interface design; but in the opposite way, some people will think flowchart actually can help them to meet the interactive goals. But, what is the interactive goals for them? Maybe some of the users are having different kind of interactive goals but i'm sure they are almost the same which is they want a clear direction and information when they are using the interface design. So, i believe this also is the ultimate goal for the users because an interface design which exclude of clear direction and information, this interface design can be say as a failure. Flowchart can help the designers create a better flow of direction and it can help the designers managing the problem easily.
Basically, the flowchart is really really really helpful for us and it is a powerful tool in the presentation. So, we should use it oftenly and don't cmplain this and that.
p.s. Thanks for the viewing and if any place you feel weird or don't understand, you can leave a comment and i will reply to you as soon as possible.
Hmm.. I like how you actually answered the questions.. I think the statement u said about 'seed idea on top and final outcome is at the bottom' is quite appropriate and true.
ReplyDeleteAnd also, about you saying that it is a powerful tool in presentations.. Can u further explain a bit more, like 'How?' can it be powerful?
Erm...actually it can help the beginner learn how to do their preparation on their presentation such as the script. I means they can create a flow in the speech like which point is going first.
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